melt
(mĕlt)
[Middle English melten, from Old English meltan.]
verb: melt·ed, melt·ing, melts.
intransitive verb
- To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
- To dissolve: Sugar melts in water.
- To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The crowd melted away after the rally.
- To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else: Sea melted into sky along the horizon.
- To become softened in feeling: Our hearts melted at the child's tears.
- Obsolete To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.
transitive verb
- To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
- To dissolve: The tide melted our sand castle away.
- To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.
- To cause (units) to blend: “Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of men” (Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur)
- To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.
noun
- A melted solid; a fused mass.
- The state of being melted.
- The act or operation of melting.
- The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.
- A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese: a tuna melt.
derivatives
- melt́a·biĺi·ty
- noun
- melt́a·ble
- adjective
- melt́er
- noun
- melt́ing·ly
- adverb
- melt́y
- adjective
