liquefy
verb
liq·ue·fy ˈli-kwə-ˌfī 
variants or less commonly liquify
liquefied; liquefying
transitive verb
: to reduce to a liquid state
intransitive verb
: to become liquid
liquefier
ˈli-kwə-ˌfī(-ə)r
noun 
Synonyms
- deliquesce
- flux
- fuse
- melt
- run
- thaw
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
The vegetables were liquefied in a blender. The plastic liquefied in the intense heat.
Recent Examples on the Web Russia is also looking to liquefy its natural gas to sell it to new buyers outside the EU, which may be near impossible without international partners and technologies. 
Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 The only way for Souki to save the investment was to turn the facility around, reconfiguring it to liquefy the natural gas from fracking and prepare it for shipping. New York Times, 6 July 2022 Presumably, by then, more natural gas will be available to liquefy. Christopher Helman, Forbes, 27 May 2022 According to the International Energy Agency, Russia has the capacity to liquefy and load onto ships only about a tenth of its natural gas exports. New York Times, 3 May 2022 Blender Directions: Using a blender, liquefy the ripe watermelon with fresh ginger. Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022 Mash the pulp with a fork to liquefy, then stir the pulp and seeds into the mango mixture. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022 Other Biden supporters have urged the president to slow down the issuance of permits for facilities that liquefy natural gas at minus-260 degrees Fahrenheit for shipment by special tankers to other countries. Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022 As Prasad notes in Gaining Currency, banking and credit limits imposed by the Chinese resulted in non-Chinese banks literally parking offshore in ships in order to liquefy Chinese economic activity. John Tamny, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021 See More
Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 The only way for Souki to save the investment was to turn the facility around, reconfiguring it to liquefy the natural gas from fracking and prepare it for shipping. New York Times, 6 July 2022 Presumably, by then, more natural gas will be available to liquefy. Christopher Helman, Forbes, 27 May 2022 According to the International Energy Agency, Russia has the capacity to liquefy and load onto ships only about a tenth of its natural gas exports. New York Times, 3 May 2022 Blender Directions: Using a blender, liquefy the ripe watermelon with fresh ginger. Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022 Mash the pulp with a fork to liquefy, then stir the pulp and seeds into the mango mixture. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022 Other Biden supporters have urged the president to slow down the issuance of permits for facilities that liquefy natural gas at minus-260 degrees Fahrenheit for shipment by special tankers to other countries. Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022 As Prasad notes in Gaining Currency, banking and credit limits imposed by the Chinese resulted in non-Chinese banks literally parking offshore in ships in order to liquefy Chinese economic activity. John Tamny, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English liquefien, from Anglo-French liquefier, from Latin liquefacere
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Kids Definition
liquefy
verb
liq·ue·fy ˈli-kwə-ˌfī
liquefied; liquefying
: to make or become liquid
liquefying
verb
variants also liquifying
as in melting
to go from a solid to a liquid state the steel liquefied in the intense heat of the forge Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- melting
- fusing
- thawing
- dissolving
- softening
- fluxing
- smelting
- rendering
- deliquescing
- running
- trying
- founding
- thinning
- guttering
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- solidifying
- hardening
- setting
- coagulating
- thickening
- congealing
- gelling
- clotting
- jellying
- jelling