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to deliquesce

to deliquesce

9.9
To take water from the air and become liquid
  • verb
  • /ˌdɛlɪˈkwɛs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : deliquescer

Examples

  • Words appear and deliquesce on an ebon screen, three phrases, one by one: The dead have spoken.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The salt began to deliquesce as humidity rose in the room.

  • During the rainy season, many types of sugar can deliquesce and turn into syrup.

  • If left out in the open, the powdered compound will deliquesce and form a liquid puddle.

Synonyms

to liquefy
vsto deliquesce
  • Specialized
18 4.4

To change a solid or gas into a liquid, often by heating

becomes liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
to liquify
vsto deliquesce
4.5

Make a solid melt so it can flow

becomes liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
to liquidize
vsto deliquesce
  • US
4.2

To make something into a liquid by heating or blending

becomes liquid by absorbing moisture rather than by heat or blending

Antonyms

55 4.4

To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools

How Wet

to dissolve
64 2.4
to deliquesce
  • Specialized
9.9
to dampen
4 3.4
to moisten
7 3.0

Surface Forms

deliquesce infinitive
deliquesced past participle
deliquescing present participle
deliquesces third person singular

Etymology

The word deliquesce comes from Latin parts de- and liquescere, which mean 'to become liquid', and it is related to the familiar word liquid. So to deliquesce is to absorb moisture from the air and turn into a liquid.