Deliquesce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To melt away.
  • verb-intransitive. To disappear as if by melting.
  • verb-intransitive. Chemistry To dissolve and become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
  • verb-intransitive. Botany To branch out into numerous subdivisions that lack a main axis, as the stem of an elm.
  • verb-intransitive. Botany To become fluid or soft on maturing, as certain fungi.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To melt and disappear.
  • v. To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To melt or dissolve gradually, or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts; melt away.
  • In vegetable histology, to liquefy or melt away gradually, as part of the normal process of growth: said of certain tissues, especially the gills of fungi of the genus Coprinus. It differs from the analogous process in salts, being a vital phenomenon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
  • v. melt away in the process of decay
    • Verb Form
    deliquesced    deliquesces    deliquescing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unfreeze    dethaw    unthaw    thaw    melt   
    Form
    deliquesced    deliquescing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    melt    diminish   
     
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