melt 
melt (melt)
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
Etymology: 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
melt down
to melt (previously formed metal) so that it can be cast or molded again
melt in your mouth
- to require little or no chewing: said of tender foods
- to taste especially delicious
melt
v.
To liquefy
dissolve, liquefy, thaw, deliquesce, render, fuse, blend, merge, soften, flow, run, disintegrate, waste away; see also dissolve 1.Antonyms
freeze*, harden, solidify. To relent
forgive, show mercy, become lenient; see yield 1.To decrease
vanish, pass away, go; see decrease 1.
melt implies the bringing of a substance from its solid to its liquid state, usually by heat to melt butter; dissolve refers specifically to the reduction of a solid to a liquid by placing it in another liquid so that its particles are evenly distributed among those of the solvent to dissolve sugar in water; liquefy is the general term meaning to change to a liquid state and may be applied to gases as well as solids; thaw implies the reducing of a frozen substance to its normal state, usually to a liquid or a semiliquid, by raising its temperature the ice has thawed
Object
- butter: Melt the butter over a low heat in the frying pan.
- pot: Circle III is a melting pot of acoustic music.
- glacier: Has Jesus's amazing grace melted the glacier in your heart?
- chocolate: For an added twist you could dip the fruit ones into melted chocolate!
- margarine: Lay the first sheet of filo pastry on a clean tea towel and brush with melted margarine.
- wax: Poured Wax Doll One made by pouring melted wax into a mold.
Preposition: at
- temperature: Residues The residues consist of the original mineral matter, most of which does not melt at the combustion temperatures used.
Preposition: into
- tear: All were melted into gracious tears at the sacrament.
Modifies a noun
- glue: Sheets of paper String PVC hot melt glue Glue stick.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- down: We were all melted down by the fire of the word.
- away: When the fish melt away, introduce a handful of maggots and the same amount of hemp on to the clear patch.
Adjective complement
- 25g: To make the cheese sauce, melt 25g ( 1 oz ) of butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour.
Preposition: in
- mouth: This process ensures the final product has our famous ' melt in the mouth ' texture.
- furnace: Broken glass is first collected in a skip, mixed with sand and limestone and melted in a furnace.
- midst: It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- heat: The lead bromide is melted in a heat resistant vessel.
- sun: Luckily I was able to find a Collared Plover quickly without melting in the hot sun.
Preposition: of
- cap: Melting of ice caps - the sea level would rise.
Preposition: like
As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no: 280 So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity of our love.
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