Melt Definition
mĕlt
melted, melting, melts
verb
melted, melting, melts
To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
American Heritage
To dissolve; disintegrate.
Webster's New World
To merge, or appear to merge, gradually; blend.
The sea melting into the sky at the horizon.
Webster's New World
To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else.
Sea melted into sky along the horizon.
American Heritage
To change from a solid to a liquid state, generally by heat.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
melts
Something melted.
Webster's New World
A melting or being melted.
Webster's New World
The act or operation of melting.
American Heritage
The quantity melted at one operation or during one period.
Webster's New World
A dish, esp. a grilled sandwich, containing or covered with a layer of melted cheese.
A tuna melt.
Webster's New World
idiom
melt down
- to melt (previously formed metal) so that it can be cast or molded again
Webster's New World
melt in your mouth
- to require little or no chewing
- to taste especially delicious
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Melt
- melt down
- melt in your mouth
Origin of Melt
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From Middle English melten, from Old English meltan (“to consume by fire, melt, burn up; dissolve, digest") and Old English mieltan (“to melt; digest; refine, purge; exhaust"), from Proto-Germanic *meltanÄ… (“to dissolve, melt") and Proto-Germanic *maltijanÄ… (“to dissolve, melt"), both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind"). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to melt, digest").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English melten from Old English meltan mel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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