noun
- The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
- usage: "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
verb
- Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
- usage: "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
- Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
- usage: "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"
- Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.
- usage: "With age, he mellowed"
- synonyms: mellow, melt, mellow out
- Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.
- usage: "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
- Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.
- usage: "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
- Become less intense and fade away gradually.
- usage: "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
adjective
- Becoming liquid.
- synonyms: liquescent
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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