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melt (m

lt)

v. melt·ed, melt·ing, melts

v.intr.

1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

2. To dissolve: Sugar melts in water.

3. To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The crowd melted away after the rally.

4. To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else: Sea melted into sky along the horizon.

5. To become softened in feeling: Our hearts melted at the child's tears.

6. Obsolete To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.

v.tr.

1. To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

2. To dissolve: The tide melted our sand castle away.

3. To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.

4. To cause (units) to blend: "Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of men" Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur.

5. To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.

1. A melted solid; a fused mass.

2. The state of being melted.

a. The act or operation of melting.

b. The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.

4. A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese: a tuna melt.

[Middle English melten, from Old English meltan; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

melta·bili·ty n.

melta·ble adj.

melter n.

melting·ly adv.

melty adj.

melt

Verb

1. to change from a solid into a liquid as a result of the action of heat

2. to dissolve: these sweets melt in the mouth

3. Also: (melt away) to diminish and finally disappear; fade away: he felt his inner doubts melt away

4. to blend so that it is impossible to tell where one thing ends and another begins: they melted into the trees until the gamekeeper had passed

5. to make or become emotional or sentimental; soften: she melted into tears [Old English meltan to digest]

meltingly adv

melt (m

lt)

To change from a solid to a liquid state by heating or being heated with sufficient energy at the melting point. See also heat of fusion.

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Noun	1.	melt - 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" melting, thaw, thawing heating, warming - the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
Verb	1.	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" melt down, 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"
	2.	melt - 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"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" dethaw, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dissolve deliquesce - melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily" de-ice, defrost, deice - make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window" flux, liquify, liquefy - become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied"
	3.	melt - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" mellow out, mellow change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" mellow - soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
	4.	melt - lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" meld coalesce, conflate, fuse, immix, mix, merge, commingle, blend, meld, flux, combine - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
	5.	melt - 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" fade weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	6.	melt - become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" disappear, evaporate weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"