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Verb: liquefy  'likwu`fI
  1. Become liquid
    "The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew"
     
  2. Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
    "liquefy the silver"
    - liquify, liquidize, liquidise [Brit]
     
  3. Become liquid or fluid when heated
    "the frozen fat liquefied"
    - flux, liquify

Derived forms: liquefies, liquefying, liquefied

See also: liquefaction, liquefiable

Type of: alter, change, change integrity, change state, modify, turn

Encyclopedia: Liquefy