intransitive verb. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

intransitive verb. To dissolve.

intransitive verb. To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving.

intransitive verb. To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else.

intransitive verb. To become softened in feeling.

intransitive verb. To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.

intransitive verb. To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

intransitive verb. To dissolve.

intransitive verb. To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.

intransitive verb. To cause (units) to blend.

intransitive verb. To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.

noun. A melted solid; a fused mass.

noun. The state of being melted.

noun. undefined

noun. The act or operation of melting.

noun. The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.

noun. A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese.

phrasal verb. To undergo a meltdown. Used of a nuclear reactor.

phrasal verb. To undergo a failure or collapse.

phrasal verb. To become very angry or upset.

noun. Same as milt.

noun. The melting of metal; the running down of the metal in the act of fusion.

noun. The charge of metals placed in a cupola or pot for melting.

noun. Any substance that is melted.

To become liquid through heat; be changed from a fixed or solid to a flowing state by heat.

To suffer dissolution or extinction; be dissipated or wasted.

To be softened to love, pity, tenderness, sympathy, or the like; become tender, mild, or gentle.

To be weakened or broken; be subdued, as by fear.

To pass, as one thing into another, so that the point of junction is imperceptible; pass by imperceptible degrees; blend; shade.

To reduce from a solid to a fluid state by means of heat; liquefy; fuse: as, to melt iron, lead, wax, or tallow; to melt ice.

Loosely, to make a solution of; liquefy by solution; dissolve: as, to melt sugar in water.—

Figuratively, to soften, as by a warming and kindly influence; render gentle or susceptible to mild influences, as to love, pity, or tenderness.

Synonyms To mollify, subdue; Melt, Dissolve, Thaw, Fuse. Two words, … popularly confounded, though scientifically very distinct, are melt and dissolve. The former signifies to bring a substance from a solid to a liquid condition by the agency of heat alone; the latter signifies the bringing about of this result by distributing the particles of the substance acted on among the particles of another substance which is itself liquid, and this process is termed the solution of the solid substance. Thaw differs from melt, in being applicable only to substances whose ordinary condition is that of a liquid, and which have become solid in consequence of the abstraction of heat, and therefore return to the liquid condition as if of themselves. (Chambers's Journal.) Dissolve is much used as a synonym of either melt or thaw. Fuse is sometimes synonymous with melt (as, to fuse a wire by electricity), but it is more often used of melting together: as, bell-metal is made by fusing copper and tin. See the definitions of these words.

noun. See 2d milt.

intransitive verb. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat.

intransitive verb. To dissolve.

intransitive verb. To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

intransitive verb. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue.

intransitive verb. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated.

transitive verb. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy

transitive verb. 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.

noun. Molten material, the product of melting.

noun. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.

noun. The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.

noun. A melt sandwich.

noun. A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.

noun. an idiot.

verb. To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

verb. To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

verb. To be very hot and sweat profusely.

"Would _melt e'er they molest_. i.e. _Twenty consciences, such as stand between me and my hopes, though they were congealed, would melt before they could molest one_, or prevent the execution of my purposes. (see 1765, I,40,7)"

blend  change  coalesce  combine  commingle  

Celt  belt  celt  dealt  dwelt  

crimson  crystalline  glassy  golden  icy  

affect  assuage  bake  be consumed  be gone  

fondue  milt  molten  

melted  melting  melts  molt  molten