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liquify

liquify is the alternative form of liquefy.

Meaning of liquefy

Verb

liquefy (third-person singular simple present liquefies, present participle liquefying, simple past and past participle liquefied)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) into a liquid.
    • We’ll liquefy this rock by heating it in a furnace until it melts and flows out.
  2. (broadly, transitive, image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop) To distort and warp (an image).
  3. (intransitive) To become liquid.
    • The substance liquefied upon heating.

Forms of liquify

third-person singular presentliquifies
present participleliquifying
past participleliquified
pastliquified

Origin of liquify

Perhaps from liquid + -fy, or more probably a variant spelling of liquefy to match other words in -ify.

Words formed from liquify

Questions about liquify

What is liquify the alternative form of?
Liquify is the alternative form of liquefy.

Words near liquify in the dictionary

  1. liquified natural gas
  2. liquifier
  3. liquifiers
  4. liquifies
  5. liquiform
  6. liquify
  7. liquifying
  8. liquiritigenin
  9. liquiritin
  10. liquitab
  11. liquitabs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liquify (page history and authors); liquefy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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