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melt

/ melt /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"
Type of:
weaken
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 2
lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
Type of:
blend flux mix
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
"melt butter"
"melt down gold"
"The wax melted in the sun"
Type of:
dissolve resolve break up
Kinds of:
fuse try render
Derived:
thaw thawing melting
Verb group:
run bleed
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 4
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"
"the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
Type of:
heating warming phase change
Derived:
run melt down dissolve thaw unfreeze
verb Sense 5
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
"The scene begins to fade"
"The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
Type of:
weaken
Derived:
fade disappearance
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 6
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
"With age, he mellowed"
Type of:
change
Derived:
mellowing
Verb group:
mellow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 7
become or cause to become soft or liquid
"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"
Type of:
liquefy flux liquify
Kinds of:
deliquesce defrost deice de-ice
Derived:
thaw thawing melting melter warming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
75%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
41
Times Searched
3
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weaken blend flux mix dissolve resolve break up fuse try render heating warming