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melt

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Melt  \Melt\  (m[e^]lt),  n.  (Zo["o]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. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  melt 
  n  :  the  process  of  heating  to  change  something  from  a  solid  to  a 
  liquid;  "they  welcomed  the  spring  thaw"  [syn:  {thaw},  {thawing}, 
  {melting}] 
  v  1:  reduce  from  a  solid  to  a  liquid  state,  usually  by  heating; 
  "melt  butter";  "melt  down  gold"  [syn:  {run},  {melt  down}] 
  2:  cause  to  thaw  and  become  soft  or  liquid  again  "The  sub 
  melted  the  ice"  [syn:  {thaw},  {unfreeze},  {unthaw}] 
  3:  grow  more  mellow;  "With  age,  he  mellowed"  [syn:  {mellow}] 
  4:  lose  its  distinct  outline  or  shape;  "Hundreds  of  actors  were 
  melting  into  the  scene"




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