melt

Speech parts

1. melt - Noun

2. melt - Verb

Meaning

See 2d Milt.

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.

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.

To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.

To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.

Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.

To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thaw run dissolve fuse evaporate soften melt down heat melting disappear fade mellow liquefy unfreeze meld
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Antonyms

solon genie einstein harden fork jinn
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Hypernyms

change mix heating combine resolve flux

Hyponyms

try render fuse defrost deliquesce deice

Phrases with the word

butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth impact melt cheese melt can melt away wax melt melt pond

Derivatives

melted molten melting

Examples

When a mother prays for her children, she must melt like a candle. She should pray silently and with her hands raised high towards Christ, to embrace her child in secret. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. Denis Diderot

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. Teresa of Ávila

When the sky falls down, the earth shall melt. Malawi Proverb

Gifts break rocks and melt hearts. Uruguayan Proverb

Lies melt the snow. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

melrose Melsetter Melson melt away melt down melt in the mouth