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Melt Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Melt?
[n] the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
[v] become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" [v] become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" [v] 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" [v] lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [v] reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" Synonyms | Synonyms for Melt: fade | fade out | meld | mellow | mellow out | melt down | melting | run | thaw | thaw | thawing | unfreeze | unthaw Related Terms | Find terms related to Melt: affect | assuage | bake | be consumed | be gone | blend | broil | cease | cease to be | cease to exist | colliquate | come home to | cook | cut | decline | decoagulate | decoct | decrease | defrost | deliquesce | dematerialize | depart | die | die away | die out | diminish | disappear | disarm | dispel | disperse | dissipate | dissolve | do a fade-out | dwindle | erode | evanesce | evaporate | exit | fade | fade away | fade out | flee | fleet | flit | fluidify | fluidize | flux | fly | forbear | forgive | fuse | give quarter | go | go away | go deep | go through one | grieve | have mercy upon | have pity | heat | hide | hold in solution | infuse | leach | leave no trace | leave the scene | let up on | liquefy | liquesce | liquidize | lixiviate | mellow | melt away | melt down | melt into | melt like snow | melt the heart | merge | mollify | move | pardon | pass | pass away | pass out | penetrate | percolate | perish | perspire | pierce | reach | refine | relax | relent | render | reprieve | retire from sight | roast | run | sadden | scorch | shrink | sink | sink away | smart | smelt | soften | solubilize | solve | spare | sting | stir | suffer an eclipse | sweat | swelter | take pity on | thaw | thin | touch | touch a chord | unclot | unfreeze | vanish | vanish from sight | warm | waste | waste away | wear away See Also | blend | break up | change | coalesce | combine | commingle | conflate | defrost | deice | de-ice | dissolve | flux | fuse | heating | immix | liquefy | liquify | merge | mix | phase change | phase transition | physical change | render | resolve | state change | try | warming | weaken Melt In Webster's Dictionary \Melt\ (m[e^]lt), n. (Zo["o]l.)
See 2d {Milt}.
\Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melted} (obs.) p. p. {Molten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Melting}.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf. {Smelt}, v., {Malt}, {Milt} the spleen.] 1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow. 2. Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken. Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. --Shak. For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden. Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften. \Melt\, v. i. 1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures. 2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth. 3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear. My soul melteth for heaviness. --Ps. cxix. 28. Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. --Shak. 4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other. --J. C. Shairp. 5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. --Shak. |
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