melt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: melt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for melt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melt n 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" Synonym(s): thaw, melt, thawing, melting v 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" Synonym(s): melt, run, melt down 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" Synonym(s): dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" Synonym(s): mellow, melt, mellow out lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" Synonym(s): melt, meld 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" Synonym(s): fade, melt become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" Synonym(s): melt, disappear, evaporate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melt \Melt\, v. i. 1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures. 2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth. 3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear. My soul melteth for heaviness. --Ps. cxix. 28. Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. --Shak. 4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other. --J. C. Shairp. 5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melt \Melt\ (m[ecr]lt), n. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Milt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melted} (obs.) p. p. {Molten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Melting}.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf. {Smelt}, v., {Malt}, {Milt} the spleen.] 1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow. 2. Hence: 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. Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. --Shak. For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden. Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.