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LIQUIDISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they liquidise ... he / she / it liquidises
Past simple: liquidised
Past participle: liquidised
-ing form: liquidising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
Example:
liquefy the silver
Synonyms:
liquefy; liquidise; liquidize; liquify
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "liquidise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
liquidizer (an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods)
