OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 24426

liquefy

/ˈlɪ.kwɪ.faɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
licuar • licuecer (disused) • licuefacer (disused)
To make (something) into a liquid.
Faraday succeeded in liquefying a certain number of gases by compression and refrigeration, but there still remained a number that proved absolutely refractory to the most powerful…
We’ll liquefy this rock by heating it in a furnace until it melts and flows out.
licuarse • licuecerse (disused) • licuefacerse (disused)
To become liquid.
The substance liquefied upon heating.