DELIQUESCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deliquesce mean? 

• DELIQUESCE (verb)
  The verb DELIQUESCE has 2 senses:

1. melt away in the process of decay

2. melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

  Familiarity information: DELIQUESCE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELIQUESCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deliquesce    ... he / she / it deliquesces   
Past simple: deliquesced   
Past participle: deliquesced   
-ing form: deliquescing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Melt away in the process of decay

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The fungi eventually deliquesced

Hypernyms (to "deliquesce" is one way to...):

decay (undergo decay or decomposition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

deliquescent ((especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

this type of salt deliquesces easily

Hypernyms (to "deliquesce" is one way to...):

dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw (become or cause to become soft or liquid)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

deliquescent ((especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)