Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deliquesce

2 senses of deliquesce

Sense 1
deliquesce -- (melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually deliquesced")
       => decay -- (undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated")

Sense 2
deliquesce -- (melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily")
       => dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt -- (become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat")