deliquesce
/ˌdɛlɪˈkwɛs/
verb
- To become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
- The salt left in the shaker began to deliquesce on a humid summer day.
- Certain chemicals deliquesce so quickly that they must be stored in sealed containers.
- If you leave calcium chloride exposed to air, it will deliquesce into a puddle.
- To melt away or disappear gradually, like something dissolving.
- The morning frost began to deliquesce as the sun rose higher.
- Her anger seemed to deliquesce into quiet sadness over time.
- The old snowbanks deliquesced into muddy streams along the roadside.
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