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- Dictionarymelt/mɛlt/
verb
- 1. make or become liquefied by heat: "the hot metal melted the wax" Similar
- 2. make or become more tender or loving: "Richard gave her a smile that melted her heart" Similar
noun
- 1. an act or period of melting: "the precipitation falls as snow and is released during the spring melt"
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The meaning of MELT is to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat. How to use melt in a sentence.
MELT definition: 1. to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this…. Learn more.
Melt, dissolve, fuse, thaw imply reducing a solid substance to a liquid state. To melt is to bring a solid to a liquid condition by the agency of heat: to melt butter.
1. A melted solid; a fused mass. 2. The state of being melted. 3. a. The act or operation of melting. b. The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.
verb. 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”. synonyms: melt down, run. bleed, run. be diffused. see more.
MELT meaning: 1. to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this…. Learn more.
1. to liquefy (a solid) or (of a solid) to become liquefied, as a result of the action of heat. 2. to become or make liquid; dissolve. cakes that melt in the mouth. 3. (often foll by away) to disappear; fade. 4. (foll by down) to melt (metal scrap) for reuse.
Definition of melt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Melt definition: To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
To overwhelm, touch, or soften (a person, a person's feelings, etc.), esp. by appealing to pity, love, etc.; to persuade, bring round; to delight, thrill. Also (occasionally) intransitive. † to melt down: to subdue (a person, etc.). to melt to (also †in, into) tears: to cause to weep. 1382.