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melt melt definition

melt


 
  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  melt 
  american  smelt 
  european  smelt 
  jacksmelt 
  melt 
  melter 
  melting 
  melting  point 
  melting  pot 
  rainbow  smelt 
  smelt 
 
  Overview  of  noun  melt 
 
  The  noun  melt  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  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") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  melt 
  meltable 
  melted 
  melting 
 
  Overview  of  noun  melt 
 
  The  noun  melt  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  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") 



melt definition