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DELIQUESCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

Example:

this type of salt deliquesces easily

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "deliquesce" is one way to...):

dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw (become or cause to become soft or liquid)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

deliquescent ((especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Melt away in the process of decay

Example:

The fungi eventually deliquesced

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "deliquesce" is one way to...):

decay (undergo decay or decomposition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

deliquescent ((especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)

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