liquefying
Turning to fluid
Liquefying is the process of becoming liquid or making something liquid.
Solids liquefy when heated past their melting point; gases liquefy under pressure or extreme cold.
The word appears in industrial contexts—liquefying natural gas for transport—and in descriptions of decay or dissolution: The fruit was liquefying in the heat.
Liquefied by extreme heat
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
forge · lava · glacier · icecap · wax · candle · soldering · alloy
Fluid's flow resistance
- pouringFlowing in volume
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- tricklingFlowing in thin stream
- gushingFlowing out forcefully
oozing · seeping · dribbling · runny · fluid · dripping · pooling · sloshing
Dissolving liquid or financially stable
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
- diluteReduce by adding solvent
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
aqueous · solubility · dispersion · dissociate · concentration · reagent · precipitate · suspension
Profound biological restructuring
- transmutationComplete change of form
- conversionAct of changing states
- transitionChange from one state
- convertingChanging form or function
reducing · rendering · processing · extraction · refining · distillation
molten
Liquefied by extreme heat
furnace · forge · lava · glacier · icecap · wax · candle · soldering · alloy · kiln
viscosity
Fluid's flow resistance
gushing · oozing · seeping · dribbling · runny · fluid · dripping · pooling · sloshing · spillage
solvent
Dissolving liquid or financially stable
dissolution · aqueous · solubility · dispersion · dissociate · concentration · reagent · precipitate · suspension · emulsion
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- transmutationComplete change of form
- conversionAct of changing states
- transitionChange from one state
converting · reducing · rendering · processing · extraction · refining · distillation
tenderizing
Making food less tough
yielding · warming · steaming · puréeing · braising · stewing · overripe · mushy · pulpy · breakdown
- food prep methodsmashing, blending, crushing, whipping, grinding
- thermal processesheating, burning, cooling, boiling, melting
- image effectsblur, sharpen, filtering, brighten, darken
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- mixingmix, stir, blend, shake, combine
- thawing actionsdefrosting, melting, unfreezing, deicing, thaw
liquefyingsolidifying
Becoming rigid or fixed
freezing · hardening · crystallizing · setting · petrifying
liquefyingthickening
Increasing in density
coagulating · curdling · clotting · gelling · stiffening
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