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The definition of melt is to turn from a solid to liquid as a result of exposure to heat.
(verb)- An example of melt is what an ice cube does when exposed to the sun.
- An example of melt is what you do to an ice cube when you put it in the microwave.
- An example of melt is the effect of adding ice or sugar to ice to lower the freezing point.
Melt is defined as to become more emotional or loving, or to cause someone to become more emotional or loving.
(verb)- An example of melt is when you see a little puppy dog and your heart gets full.
- An example of melt is what the little puppy dog does to your heart.
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See melt in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to change from a solid to a liquid state, generally by heat
- to dissolve; disintegrate
- to disappear or cause to disappear gradually: often with away
- to merge gradually; blend: the sea melting into the sky
- to soften; make or become gentle and tender: a story to melt our hearts
Origin: ME melten < OE vi. meltan, vt. mieltan < IE *meld-, soft < base *mel-, to grind > mill
noun
- a melting or being melted
- something melted
- the quantity melted at one operation or during one period
- a dish, esp. a grilled sandwich, containing or covered with a layer of melted cheese: a tuna melt
See melt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb melt·ed, melt·ing, melts verb, intransitive
- 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.
- 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.
- A melted solid; a fused mass.
- The state of being melted.
- a. The act or operation of melting.b. The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.
- A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese: a tuna melt.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English melten
Origin: , from Old English meltan; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- meltˌa·bilˈi·ty noun
- meltˈa·ble adjective
- meltˈer noun
- meltˈing·ly adverb
- meltˈy adjective
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