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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. become liquid;
- Example: "The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew"

2. make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating;
- Example: "liquefy the silver"
[syn: liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise]

3. become liquid or fluid when heated;
- Example: "the frozen fat liquefied"
[syn: liquefy, flux, liquify]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\ (l[i^]k"w[-e]*f[imac]), v. t. [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] [1913 Webster] 2. To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid; as, to liquefy natural gas. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\, v. i. To become liquid. [WordNet sense 2] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

liquefy v 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: liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise] 3: become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" [syn: liquefy, flux, liquify]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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