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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
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melter
English
Etymology
melt +? -er
Noun
melter (plural melters)
- A person or thing that melts.
- A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry.
- A laborer who operates such a furnace.
Translations
Anagrams
- remelt
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