Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to become liquid, especially.
- intransitive verb To melt (a solid) by heating.
- intransitive verb To condense (a gas) by cooling.
- intransitive verb To become liquid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make liquid; melt, as a solid, or compress, as a gas, into a liquid state.
- To become liquid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To become liquid.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb physics, chemistry To make into a
liquid , either bycondensing agas or bymelting asolid . - verb cooking To make into a liquid by
mashing , such as by using ablender .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
- verb become liquid or fluid when heated
- verb become liquid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Speaking of which, the "i" in "ify" is there strictly for convenience, and is replaced by an "e" in such verbs as liquefy, which is another way of saying drinkify, and may yet catch on in the boardrooms of PepsiCo.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2011
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The basic idea of the proposal is, in effect, to "liquefy" everyone's current employer-provided health insurance policies -- i.e., require all employers to pay in cash to each employee the actual cost of that individual's insurance policy, and that extra compensation would have to be used by each employee to purchase health insurance policies.
Lanny Davis: Advice to President Obama: Look Left, Right and Then Stick to the Center 2009
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Using the "liquefy" mode, blend until completely combined, smooth and creamy.
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Some companies are charging as much as 6000 dollar for 'fat-dissolving' injections, while others promise to 'liquefy' your flab.
Medindia Health News 2010
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Government created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to "liquefy" the mortgage market
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John Etherington, a retired reader of ecology at the University of Wales in Cardiff and specialist in environmental science, argued that highly decayed peat can "liquefy" through vibration.
RoguePundit 2008
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John Etherington, a retired reader of ecology at the University of Wales in Cardiff and specialist in environmental science, argued that highly decayed peat can "liquefy" through vibration.
RoguePundit 2008
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John Etherington, a retired reader of ecology at the University of Wales in Cardiff and specialist in environmental science, argued that highly decayed peat can "liquefy" through vibration.
RoguePundit 2008
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John Etherington, a retired reader of ecology at the University of Wales in Cardiff and specialist in environmental science, argued that highly decayed peat can "liquefy" through vibration.
RoguePundit 2008
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John Etherington, a retired reader of ecology at the University of Wales in Cardiff and specialist in environmental science, argued that highly decayed peat can "liquefy" through vibration.
RoguePundit 2008
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