different between melt vs ungive
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
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- what melts ice the fastest
- what melts fat
- what melts slime
- what melts ice
- what melts styrofoam
- what melts metal
ungive
English
Etymology
From un- +? give.
Verb
ungive (third-person singular simple present ungives, present participle ungiving, simple past ungave, past participle ungiven)
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To yield; relax; slacken; give way; loosen.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To melt; thaw.
- (transitive) To take back something that had been given.
- 1994, William Diehl, Primal Fear:
- "Impossible," Vail said. "She's going to work at one of the prestige films at the end of this month. She's already given notice!" "Well apparently she ungave it. [...]"
- 1994, William Diehl, Primal Fear:
Translations
ungive From the web:
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