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Verb
/melt/,
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melted, past participle; melted, past tense; melting, present participle; melts, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Become liquefied by heat
    • - place under the broiler until the cheese has melted
    • - the icebergs were melting away
  2. Change (something) to a liquid condition by heating it
    • - the hot metal melted the wax
    • - asparagus with melted butter
  3. Melt something, esp. a metal article, so that the material it is made of can be used again
    • - beautiful objects are being melted down and sold for scrap
  4. Dissolve in liquid
    • - add a cup of sugar and boil until the sugar melts
  5. Become more tender or loving
    • - she was so beautiful that I melted
  6. Make (someone) more tender or loving
    • - Richard gave her a smile that melted her heart
  7. Leave or disappear unobtrusively
    • - the compromise was accepted and the opposition melted away
    • - the figure melted into thin air
  8. (of a feeling or state) Disappear
    • - their original determination to exact vengeance melted away
  9. Change or merge imperceptibly into (another form or state)
    • - the cheers melted into gasps of admiration
Noun
  1. An act of melting
    • - the precipitation falls as snow and is released during the spring melt
  2. Metal or other material in a melted condition

  3. An amount melted at any one time

  4. A sandwich, hamburger, or other dish containing or topped with melted cheese
    • - a tuna melt
  1. thaw: 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"
  2. 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"
  3. dissolve: 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"
  4. mellow: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
  5. lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
  6. fade: 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"
  7. "Melt!" / "Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant" is a double A-sided single by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees released in 1982. It was released as the second and final single from the band's fifth album A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, although "Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant" does not appear on that album.
  8. Melt is the second album from the American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on October 29, 2002 (see 2002 in country music) on Lyric Street Records and sold 3,073,000 copies in the United States up to May 2009. ...
  9. Melt is the term used to describe the working material in the steelmaking process, in making glass, and when forming thermoplastics. For thermoplastics, the term specifically refers to the plastic in its forming temperature, which can vary depending on how it is being used. ...
  10. "Melt" is a song by Melanie C, and was the third and final single from her second solo album, Reason (2003), as a double A-side with "Yeh Yeh Yeh". ...
  11. Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.
  12. (melted) Being in a liquid state as a result of melting
  13. (melting) The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point; Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying; Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful
  14. (melting) when a solid turns into a liquid.
  15. (Melting) I melted my account today trading IBM – Taking large losses in a short amount of time. This loss is so large that the trader cannot continue to trade anymore.
  16. (Melting) A Pathfinder term for when a Camper or Staff collapse exhausted on a long, tough portage. A trip staff will tell his Headman that, "a camper melted halfway back," or "I melted and had to flip down after that hill… ...
  17. (Melting) Coming up really fast to a trick, then just fizzling out of it.
  18. (Melting) Denaturation of DNA.
  19. (Melting) The phase change of ice into liquid water.
  20. Melting furnaces are any furnace that is used to melt a substance.  See Melting Furnace below.
  21. (melts) a delicacy, the roe or spawn of the male fish
  22. To liquefy a fat or a gel by heating it.
  23. The value of precious metal in a coin (see intrinsic).
  24. Term for the intrinsic metal value of a coin.
  25. (CBC) : an overview report summarizing a range of developments on a story.