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verb
- 1. make or become liquid: "the minimum pressure required to liquefy a gas"
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The meaning of LIQUEFY is to reduce to a liquid state. How to use liquefy in a sentence.
to make or become liquid. Synonyms: condense, thaw, dissolve, fuse, melt. Antonyms: evaporate, solidify. liquefy. / ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən; ˈlɪkwɪˌfaɪ / verb. (esp of a gas) to become or cause to become liquid.
liquefy. When a gas or solid substance liquefies or is liquefied, it changes its form and becomes liquid. Heat the jam until it liquefies. [VERB] You can liquefy the carbon dioxide to separate it from the other constituents. [VERB noun] ...a truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas.
liquefy (something) to become liquid; to make something liquid. Above a certain temperature it is impossible to liquefy a gas. The cheese had liquefied so we poured it over the bread.
Synonyms for LIQUEFY: melt, fuse, soften, thaw, found, dissolve, flux, deliquesce; Antonyms of LIQUEFY: solidify, harden, set, coagulate, congeal, thicken, gel, jell.
liquify. verb. uk / ˈlɪk.wɪ.faɪ / us / ˈlɪk.wə.faɪ /. Add to word list. to liquefy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Physical & chemical processes. absorbable. absorptive.
v. liq·ue·fied, liq·ue·fy·ing, liq·ue·fies also liq·ui·fied or liq·ui·fy·ing or liq·ui·fies. v.tr. To cause to become liquid, especially: a. To melt (a solid) by heating. b. To condense (a gas) by cooling. v.intr. To become liquid.
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When a gas or solid substance liquefies or is liquefied, it changes its form and becomes liquid. Heat the jam until it liquefies. You can liquefy the carbon dioxide to separate it from the other constituents. ...a truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas. Synonyms: melt, dissolve, thaw, liquidize More Synonyms of liquefy.
To make or become liquid. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: condense. flux. melt. deliquesce. liquidise. liquidize. liquify. thaw. run. fuse. dissolve. Origin of Liquefy. Middle English liquefien from Old French liquefier from Latin liquefacere liquēre to be liquid facere to make fact.
