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melt
English
Etymology
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 *meltan? (“to dissolve, melt”) and Proto-Germanic *maltijan? (“to dissolve, melt”), both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to melt, digest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
melt (countable and uncountable, plural melts)
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
- A melt sandwich.
- A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
Derived terms
- snowmelt, snow melt
Translations
Verb
melt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or (rare) molt, past participle melted or molten)
- (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- I melted butter to make a cake.
- When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- His troubles melted away.
- (transitive, figuratively) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- 1687, John Dryden, A Song for Cecilia's Day
- For pity melts the mind to love.
- 1687, John Dryden, A Song for Cecilia's Day
- (intransitive) To be discouraged.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be emotionally softened or touched.
- She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
Synonyms
- (change from solid to liquid): to found, to thaw
Derived terms
Translations
melt From the web:
- what melts
- what melts belly fat
- what melts ice the fastest
- what melts fat
- what melts slime
- what melts ice
- what melts styrofoam
- what melts metal
eustasy
English
Etymology
A back-formation from eustatic (borrowed from German eustatische (“eustatic”), from Ancient Greek ?? (eû, “well, good”) + ?????? (stásis, “standing”)) +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ju?st?si/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?just?si/
- Hyphenation: eu?sta?sy
Noun
eustasy (plural eustasies)
- (geology, oceanography) A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity. [from 1940s]
Alternative forms
- eustacy
Derived terms
- glacioeustasy
Related terms
- eustatic
- eustatism
Translations
References
Further reading
- sea level on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
eustasy From the web:
- what is glacio-eustasy
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