Definition of Liquify

1. Verb. Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating. "Liquefy the silver"

Exact synonyms: Liquefy, Liquidise, Liquidize
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Liquefaction, Liquefiable, Liquidizer, Liquidizer, Liquid, Liquid, Liquifiable

2. Verb. Become liquid or fluid when heated. "The frozen fat liquefied"
Exact synonyms: Flux, Liquefy
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Change Integrity
Specialized synonyms: Condense, Distil, Distill, Dethaw, Dissolve, Melt, Thaw, Unfreeze, Unthaw, Fuse
Derivative terms: Flux, Liquefaction, Liquefiable, Liquid, Liquid, Liquifiable

Definition of Liquify

1. Verb. To make liquid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Liquify

1. to liquefy [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: liquefy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liquify

liquidizes
liquidizing
liquidless
liquidlike
liquidly
liquidness
liquidnesses
liquids
liquidus
liquidy
liquifiable
liquified
liquified natural gas
liquifies
liquifilm
liquify (current term)
liquifying
liquor
liquor amnii
liquor cerebrospinalis
liquor cotunnii
liquor entericus
liquor folliculi
liquor licence
liquor license
liquor store
liquor stores
liquor up
liquored
liquorice

Literary usage of Liquify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice: A Manual of Shop Practice, Pattern edited by Howard Monroe Raymond (1904)
"... and which combined effect causes the gas to liquify and flow from the bottom pipe of the condenser through the pipe H to the receiver or storage tank I. ..."

2. Inorganic Coal and Limestone in an Electro-chemical World by Titus Salter Emery (1888)
"... acid at ordinary temperatures at the pressure of one atmosphere ; at a temperature of 32° the pressure of 36 atmospheres will liquify carbonic acid gas. ..."

3. The Art of French Cookery by Antoine B. Beauvilliers (1827)
"... a little salt, orange flowers, and six yolks of eggs ; liquify with three quarters of a pint of milk; three quarters of an hour before serving them, ..."

4. Is the Copernican System of Astronomy True? by W. S. Cassedy (1888)
"It is also a fact that, "When the mass of gas is so far "contracted that it begins to solidify or liquify this action "ceases to hold, ..."

5. The Mechanics' Magazine (1854)
"That the celestial spaces supply as much as would liquify 85 feet thick. ... That the heat evolved on the surface of the sun in a day would liquify a shell ..."

6. A Textbook of inorganic chemistry by Richard Ernst Wilhelm Sommer (1906)
"Another example is water-steam at 110° C., which, if sufficient pressure be applied and the temperature kept at 110° C., will liquify. 2. ..."

7. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1854)
"That the celestial spaces supply as much as would liquify 85 feet thick. ... That the heat evolved on the surface of the sun in a day would, liquify a shell ..."

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