melt meaning
[ melt ] Pronunciation: "melt" in a sentence
- Verb: melt (melted,molten) melt
- 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"
- run, melt down - Become or cause to become soft or liquid
"The sun melted the ice"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"
- dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw [N. Amer], dethaw - Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- mellow, mellow out - Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
- meld - Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
"The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
- fade - Become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"
- disappear, evaporate
- The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"
- thaw, thawing, melting
Derived forms: melted, melting, molten, melts
Type of: blend, break up, change, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, dissolve, flux, fuse, heating, immix, liquefy, liquify, meld, merge, mix, phase change, phase transition, physical change, resolve, state change, warming, weaken
Encyclopedia: Melt
- Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Examples
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- the snowflakes melt the moment they touch one 's hand.
- in these altitudes, snow never melts.
- in other words, the ice begins to melt.
- melt the butter and then blend in the flour.
- his enthusiasm is enough to melt a heart of stone.
