melt

MELT/mɛlt/

Noun pluralmelts

15 meanings of melt

1
verbtransitive or intransitive
To change from solid to liquid, usually because of heat.
Like an ice cube turning into water in your warm hand.
Snow begins to melt when the sun grows warm.
The ice cubes melted quickly in the warm drink.
Similarliquefy, thaw
Oppositefreeze, solidify, harden
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2
verbfigurativelyintransitive
To feel suddenly tender or loving because something touches your heart.
Like ice going soft: but it's your feelings that turn soft.
Her heart melted when she saw the puppy.
I always melt at the sight of newborn babies.
Similarsoften
Oppositeharden
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3
verbfigurativelyintransitive
To slowly disappear or fade away until gone.
Like fog that fades away when the sun comes up.
The crowd began to melt away once the music stopped.
Her worries melted as soon as she heard the good news.
Similardissolve, fade, vanish, evaporate, dissipate
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4
nouncountable or uncountable
The change of something from a solid into a liquid.
A sudden melt turned the frozen pond into slush.
Workers timed the melt of the metal in the furnace.
Similarthaw
Oppositefreeze
5
noununcountable
Hot liquid made by melting something solid, like metal or glass.
Like the runny liquid left after a candle burns.
The factory poured the bright melt into long molds.
Once the melt cooled, it formed a smooth sheet of glass.
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6
verbfigurativelytransitive
To make someone gentler or weaker by warmth, kindness, or feeling.
Like warm sun softening a hard lump of butter.
Her kind words melted his stubborn pride.
A warm smile can melt even the hardest heart.
Similarsoften, weaken, disarm
Oppositeharden, stiffen
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7
nouncountable
A hot sandwich with melted cheese on top, often grilled until soft and gooey.
She ordered a tuna melt for lunch.
The diner's famous melt came with crispy fries.
8
verbcolloquialintransitive
To feel extremely hot and sweat a lot.
Like an ice cream cone left out in the hot sun.
We melt every summer when the air conditioning breaks.
I was melting on the crowded subway platform.
Similarswelter, bake, roast, boil
Oppositefreeze
9
nouncountable or uncountable
The water from melting snow that runs down mountains in spring.
Like a block of ice up high turning into a stream as it warms.
The spring melt filled the river to its banks.
Farmers depend on the melt to water their fields.
Similarthaw, runoff, meltwater
10
nouncountable
A small block of scented wax that you warm in a burner to fill a room with smell.
She dropped a vanilla melt into the warmer before guests arrived.
The wax melt filled the whole house with a citrus scent.
Similartart

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Origin

It comes from Old English words meaning "to melt" or "to digest."