 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
melt
noun: 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}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
molten
adjective: reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock"
[syn: {liquefied}, {liquified}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
molten
See {melt}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Melt \Melt\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Melted} (obs.) p. p. {Molten};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Melting}.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr.
me'ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf.
{Smelt}, v., {Malt}, {Milt} the spleen.]
1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to
liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or
snow.
2. Hence: 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.
Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.
--Shak.
For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden.
Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Molten \Mol"ten\, adjective [See {Melt}.]
1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid
state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten
iron.
2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of
which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.
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