 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
liquefy
verb
1: become liquid; "The garden air overnight liquefied into a
morning dew"
2: make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; "liquefy the
silver" [syn: {liquify}, {liquidize}, {liquidise}]
3: become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat
liquefied" [syn: {flux}, {liquify}]
[also: {liquefied}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\ (l[i^]k"w[-e]*f[imac]), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Liquefied} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquefying}
(-f[imac]'[i^]ng).] [F. liqu['e]fier, L. liquere to be liquid
+ facere, -ficare (in comp.), to make. See {Liquid}, and
{-fy}.]
1. To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt;
to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency
of heat. [WordNet sense 1]
2. To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid; as, to
liquefy natural gas.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\, verb (used without an object)
To become liquid. [WordNet sense 2]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "liquefy":
colliquate, cut, decoagulate, decoct, deliquesce, dissolve,
fluidify, fluidize, flux, fuse, hold in solution, infuse, leach,
liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, melt, melt down, percolate, run,
soften, solubilize, solve, thaw, thin, unclot
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