melt

Plural: melts

Noun

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
  • "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"
• Molten material, the product of melting.
• The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
• The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
• A melt sandwich.
• Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
• A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
• An idiot.
• A centre-left or liberal person, when in opposition to a leftist; (especially) a critic of Jeremy Corbyn within the Labour Party.
• Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.

Verb

Verb Forms: melted, melting, melts

• To change from a solid to a liquid state, typically by heat.
• 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"
• become or cause to become soft or liquid
  • "The sun melted the ice"
  • "the ice cream melted"
  • "The heat melted the wax"
• become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
• lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
  • "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
• become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
  • "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
• become less intense and fade away gradually
  • "her resistance melted under his charm"
• To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
• To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
• 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.
• To be discouraged.
• To be emotionally softened or touched.
• To be very hot and sweat profusely.

Examples

• His troubles melted away.
• I melted butter to make a cake.
• I need shade! I'm melting!
• My heart melted when I first heard the song.
• Numerous samples of breccia and impact melts were recovered by drilling into the floor of the crater.
• She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.
• Watching her opponent’s lead MELT away was the sweetest victory in Words With Friends.
• When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.

Synonyms

dethaw, disappear, dissolve, evaporate, fade, meld, mellow, mellow out, melt down, melting, run, thaw, thawing, unfreeze, unthaw, tart, to found, to thaw

Related Words

smelt, MELTABLE

Anagrams of melt