LIQUIDISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liquidise mean? 

• LIQUIDISE (verb)
  The verb LIQUIDISE has 1 sense:

1. make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating

  Familiarity information: LIQUIDISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIQUIDISE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

liquefy; liquidise; liquidize; liquify

Context example:

liquefy the silver

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)