MELT (molten)
Dictionary entry overview: What does melt mean?
• MELT (noun)
The noun MELT has 1 sense:
1. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
Familiarity information: MELT used as a noun is very rare.
• MELT (verb)
The verb MELT has 6 senses:
1. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
2. become or cause to become soft or liquid
3. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
4. lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
5. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
6. become less intense and fade away gradually
Familiarity information: MELT used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• MELT (noun)
Meaning:
The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
melt; melting; thaw; thawing
Context examples:
the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster / the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
Hypernyms ("melt" is a kind of...):
heating; warming (the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature)
phase change; phase transition; physical change; state change (a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition)
• MELT (verb)
Meaning:
Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
melt; melt down; run
Context examples:
melt butter / melt down gold / The wax melted in the sun
Hypernyms (to "melt" is one way to...):
break up; dissolve; resolve (cause to go into a solution)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "melt"):
fuse (make liquid or plastic by heating)
render; try (melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Become or cause to become soft or liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
unthaw; unfreeze; thaw; dethaw; melt; dissolve
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "melt" is one way to...):
flux; liquefy; liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "melt"):
deliquesce (melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)
de-ice; defrost; deice (make or become free of frost or ice)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mellow out; mellow; melt
Context example:
With age, he mellowed
Hypernyms (to "melt" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
meld; melt
Context example:
Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene
Hypernyms (to "melt" is one way to...):
blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix (mix together different elements)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fade; melt
Context examples:
The scene begins to fade / The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
Hypernyms (to "melt" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Become less intense and fade away gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
disappear; melt
Context example:
her resistance melted under his charm
Hypernyms (to "melt" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frames:
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