liquidize

[ lik-wi-dahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, liq·uid·ized, liq·uid·iz·ing.

1. to make liquid; liquefy.
2. to stimulate; give facility to:

   a thought that liquidizes the imagination.

3. to cause (a sound) to be full, round, mellifluous, etc.

liquidize

/ ˈlɪkwɪˌdaɪz /

verb

1. to make or become liquid; liquefy
2. tr to pulverize (food) in a liquidizer so as to produce a fluid

Word History and Origins

Origin of liquidize¹

First recorded in 1830–40; liquid + -ize

Example Sentences

According to Arno Ruckelshausen, an agricultural technologist at Osnabrück, Bonirob can take a sample of soil, liquidize it and analyse it to precisely map in real time characteristics such as pH and phosphorous levels.

From Nature

It involves things someone might do to your corpse after you're dead, namely liquefaction, a lovely word, whose synonyms include "liquidize," "deliquesce" and my personal favorite, "melt."

From Time