LIQUEFY (liquefied)
Dictionary entry overview: What does liquefy mean?
• LIQUEFY (verb)
The verb LIQUEFY has 3 senses:
1. become liquid
2. make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
3. become liquid or fluid when heated
Familiarity information: LIQUEFY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LIQUEFY (verb)
Meaning:
Become liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew
Hypernyms (to "liquefy" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
liquidise; liquify; liquefy; liquidize
Context example:
liquefy the silver
Hypernyms (to "liquefy" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become liquid or fluid when heated
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
flux; liquify; liquefy
Context example:
the frozen fat liquefied
Hypernyms (to "liquefy" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liquefy"):
condense; distil; distill (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops)
dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw (become or cause to become soft or liquid)
fuse (become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
