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Liquefied   /lˈɪkwəfˌaɪd/   Listen
verb
Liquefy  v. t.  (past & past part. liquefied; pres. part. liquefying)  
1.
To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
2.
To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid; as, to liquefy natural gas.


Liquefy  v. i.  To become liquid.


adjective
liquefied  adj.  
1.
Converted to a liquid; as, liquified natural gas; liquified coal..
Synonyms: liquified.
2.
Rendered liquid by heating; changed from a solid to a liquid state; melted.
Synonyms: molten, liquified.
3.
Rendered liquid by dissolution in a solvent; of solids.
Synonyms: dissolved, liquified.





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"Liquefied" Quotes from Famous Books



... air to and fro. These, as we affirm, are the phenomena of respiration. And all this process takes place in order that the body may be watered and cooled and nourished, and the meat and drink digested and liquefied and carried ...
— Timaeus • Plato
... ferry where he had talked with Pierre the year before. They went through the muddy village, past threshing floors and green fields of winter rye, downhill where snow still lodged near the bridge, uphill where the clay had been liquefied by the rain, past strips of stubble land and bushes touched with green here and there, and into a birch forest growing on both sides of the road. In the forest it was almost hot, no wind could be felt. The birches with their sticky green leaves were motionless, and lilac-colored flowers and the ...
— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy
... portion of the sunbeam was stopped by the ice and liquefied it. What is this portion? The dark heat of the sun. The great body of the light waves and even a portion of the dark ones, pass through the ice without losing any of their heating power. When properly concentrated on combustible bodies, even after having ...
— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various
... distances, but it was in the latter days of August that we were steaming up the Yellow Sea, where, by the way, the water is bluer than I have ever seen it elsewhere. In some places it presents, on a moonlit night, the appearance of liquefied ultramarine, though it certainly is muddy enough about the coasts. Our destination was Tientsin, one of the most northern of the treaty ports, and of course we kept in with the Chinese mainland as closely as possible ...
— Under the Dragon Flag - My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War • James Allan
... it capable of feeding all over the surface of its body. To the gruel absorbed by the mouth it adds the balance of what is gathered and strained through the skin. This would explain the need for provisions liquefied beforehand. ...
— The Life of the Fly - With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography • J. Henri Fabre


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