melt down

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Verb

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melt down - 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" melt, run fuse - make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains" try, render - melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" dissolve, break up, resolve - cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" bleed, run - be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"