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melting |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb melt 2 of 5 senses of melt Sense 1 melt, run, melt down => fuse => try render Sense 2 thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt => defrost, deice, de-ice Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb melt 2 of 5 senses of melt Sense 1 melt, run, melt down => fuse => try render Sense 2 thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt => defrost, deice, de-ice Entailment of verb melt Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb melt 5 senses of melt Sense 1 melt, run, melt down => dissolve, resolve, break up Sense 2 thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt => liquefy, flux, liquify Sense 3 mellow, melt, mellow out => change Sense 4 melt, meld => blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge Sense 5 fade, melt, fade out => weaken Familiarity of verb melt melt used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb melt Sense 1 melt, run, melt down => dissolve, resolve, break up -------------- Sense 2 thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt => liquefy, flux, liquify -------------- Sense 3 mellow, melt, mellow out => change -------------- Sense 4 melt, meld => blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge -------------- Sense 5 fade, melt, fade out => weaken -------------- Grep of noun melting melting melting point melting pot Overview of noun melting The noun melting has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) thaw, melt, thawing, melting -- (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") Overview of verb melt The verb melt has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (3) melt, run, melt down -- (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") 2. (2) thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt -- (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") 3. (2) mellow, melt, mellow out -- (become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed") 4. (1) melt, meld -- (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene") 5. fade, melt, fade out -- (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") Overview of adj melting The adj melting has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) liquescent, melting -- (becoming liquid) Antonyms of adj melting 1 sense of melting Sense 1 liquescent, melting INDIRECT (VIA unfrozen) -> frozen Similarity of adj melting 1 sense of melting Sense 1 liquescent, melting => unfrozen (vs. frozen) Attributes of adj melting Familiarity of adj melting melting used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj melting melting Overview of noun melting The noun melting has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) thaw, melt, thawing, melting -- (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") Overview of verb melt The verb melt has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (3) melt, run, melt down -- (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") 2. (2) thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt -- (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") 3. (2) mellow, melt, mellow out -- (become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed") 4. (1) melt, meld -- (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene") 5. fade, melt, fade out -- (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") Overview of adj melting The adj melting has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) liquescent, melting -- (becoming liquid)
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