Dictionary Definition
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" [syn: thaw, thawing, melting]
Verb
1 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: run, melt
down]
2 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]
3 become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial;
"With age, he mellowed" [syn: mellow, mellow
out]
4 lose its distinct outline or shape; blend
gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn:
meld]
5 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]
6 become less intense and fade away gradually;
"her resistance melted under his charm" [syn: disappear] [also: molten]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
-
- Rhymes: -ɛlt
Etymology
From meltan.Noun
Translations
Verb
- To transit (or to change) the matter from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a
gradual heat.
- I melted butter to make a cake.
- To change gradually(or to become transitted) from a solid state
to a liquid state.
- The snowman will disappear, he will melt.
- To dissolve.
- To be very hot and sweating profusely.
- Help me! I'm melting!
Synonyms
- to found
Translations
- Chinese: 融化, 熔化
- Czech: tavit
- Dutch: smelten
- Finnish: sulaa
- French: fondre (1), se dissoudre (2)
- German: schmelzen
- Greek: τήκω, λίωνω
- Interlingua: funder
- Italian: sciogliere
- Japanese: 溶ける (とける)
- Kurdish:
- Portuguese: fundir
- Romanian: topi
- Russian: таять (tájat'), плавиться (plávitsa)
- Spanish: derretir, derretirse
- Telugu: కరిగించు (karigimchu)
- Norwegian: smelte
Extensive Definition
Melt can refer to:
- Melting, in physics, the process of heating a solid substance to a liquid
- "Melt!", a 1982 song by Siouxsie & the Banshees
- "Melt", a song by Leftfield on their 1995 album Leftism
- "Melt" (Melanie C song), a song by Melanie C on her 2003 album Reason
- Melt (album), an album by Rascall Flatts
- Peter Gabriel (III), an album by Peter Gabriel most often referred to as Melt
- Melt! festival, a three-day rock and electronic music festival in Germany
- Melt, to become softened in feeling by pity, sympathy, love, or the like
- Melt sandwich, a filled sandwich with melted cheese
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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