'Melt' definitions:
Definition of 'melt'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting]
verb
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" [syn: melt, run, melt down]
verb
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" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt]
verb
Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" [syn: mellow, melt, mellow out]
verb
Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn: melt, meld]
verb
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" [syn: fade, melt]
verb
Definition of 'Melt'
From: GCIDE
- Melt \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear. [1913 Webster]
- My soul melteth for heaviness. --Ps. cxix. 28. [1913 Webster]
- Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue. [1913 Webster]
- The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Melt'
From: GCIDE
- Melt \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'melt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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