as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun
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That was sitting out there, in a state of just deliquescing.
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Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019
Not lumpia Shanghai, spring rolls as skinny as cheroots, the ground pork inside flecked with deliquescing fat.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 June 2017
Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019
Not lumpia Shanghai, spring rolls as skinny as cheroots, the ground pork inside flecked with deliquescing fat.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 June 2017
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“Deliquesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliquesce. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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