melt

(mĕlt)

v., melt·ed, melt·ing, melts.

v.intr.

1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
2. To dissolve: Sugar melts in water.
3. To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The crowd melted away after the rally.
4. To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else: Sea melted into sky along the horizon.
5. To become softened in feeling: Our hearts melted at the child's tears.
6. Obsolete. To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.

v.tr.

1. To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
2. To dissolve: The tide melted our sand castle away.
3. To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.
4. To cause (units) to blend: "Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of men" (Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur).
5. To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.

n.

1. A melted solid; a fused mass.
2. The state of being melted.
3. 1. The act or operation of melting.
   2. The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.
4. A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese: a tuna melt.

[Middle English melten, from Old English meltan.]

meltability melt'a·bil'i·ty n.
meltable melt'a·ble adj.
melter melt'er n.
meltingly melt'ing·ly adv.
melty melt'y adj.

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n. 1. This variety meat is the spleen of an animal (typically calf or pig), which can be cooked for human consumption, but is typically used for pet food. Melt, an elongated organ with a dark reddish brown color and a spongy texture, can sometimes be special ordered from meat markets. 2. A name for a sandwich (usually open-faced) topped with melted cheese, as in a "tuna melt." melt v. Using heat to convert food (such as butter or chocolate) from a solid to a liquid or semiliquid.

verb

1. To change from a solid to a liquid: deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, run, thaw. See solid/liquid/consistency.
2. To disappear gradually by or as if by dispersal of particles. dissolve, fade. See increase/decrease, see/not see.

Idioms beginning with melt:
melt in one's mouth

In addition to the idiom beginning with melt, also see butter wouldn't melt.

v

Definition: give in, yield
Antonyms: fight

v

Definition: liquefy; dissolve
Antonyms: coagulate, condense, solidify

IN BRIEF: The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.

The fire of adversity will melt you like butter, or temper you like steel. The choice is yours. — Unknown from www.zaadz.com

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Melting ice or snow may suggest a meltdown of frozen emotions that were previously held in check. Molten metal may symbolize a major transformation taking place.

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1. the (reversible) act or process of liquefaction of a solid through the action of heat (or change in pressure).
2. the increase (reversible and usually fairly abrupt) of molecular mobility of lipids in a biological membrane or artificial lipid bilayer with increase of temperature above the transition temperature.
3. or thermal denaturation the transition (usually fairly abrupt but not necessarily reversible) of a biopolymer from a highly ordered to a less highly ordered state with increase in temperature. Examples are the heat-induced change from a helical to a random coil structure in a protein or a duplex nuleic acid. See also localized melting, melting temperature.

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Butcher's name for spleen.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - opløse, smelte sammen/bort, svinde ind
v. tr. - smelte, gøre flydende
n. - flydende metal, smeltning

idioms:

• melt down    smelte om
• melt into    forsvinde i den blå luft, gå op i røg
• melt water    smeltevand
• melting point    smeltepunkt, flydepunkt
• melting pot    smeltedigel, sted hvor mange racer, teorier el. ideer er blandet

Nederlands (Dutch)
smelten, versmelten, zacht/lief worden, doen smelten, zich oplossen, vertederen, gesmolten materiaal, smeltproces, gesmolten zijn, tosti, milt

Français (French)
v. intr. - (lit) fondre (à), se dissoudre (le sucre, etc), (fig) s'évanouir, se fondre dans, (fig) s'attendrir, s'émouvoir, être paralysé (par la peur) (arch), être accablé par (le chagrin, la consternation) (arch)
v. tr. - (lit) faire fondre, faire dissoudre, disperser, se mélanger, attendrir, émouvoir
n. - fusion (d'un solide), fonte, le fait d'être mélangé, mélange, (la) dose des éléments d'un mélange

idioms:

• melt down    fondre (qch)
• melt into    fondre (en)
• melt water    eaux de fonte
• melting point    point de fusion
• melting pot    creuset, melting-pot, brassage de populations, métissage

Deutsch (German)
v. - schmelzen, sich auflösen, zerrinnen, erweichen
n. - Schmelze

idioms:

• melt down    einschmelzen
• melt into    übergehen in
• melt water    Schmelzwasser
• melting point    Schmelzpunkt
• melting pot    Schmelztiegel

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λιώνω, τήκω/-ομαι, διαλύομαι, μαλακώνω, τρυφεραίνω, χάνομαι
n. - σύντηξη

idioms:

• melt down    λειώνω, τήκω
• melt into    σβήνω, ανακατεύομαι με άλλο
• melt water    νερό από λιώσιμο πάγου, παγετώνα κ.λπ.
• melting point    (φυσ.) σημείο τήξεως
• melting pot    χωνευτήρι

Italiano (Italian)
fondersi, fondere

idioms:

• melt down    fondere
• melt into    sparire
• melt water    acqua di disgelo
• melting point    punto di fusione
• melting pot    crogiuolo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - derreter, comover-se (fig.)
n. - fusão (f)

idioms:

• melt down    fundir (metal)
• melt into    desfazer-se (em lágrimas, por ex.)
• melt water    água do degelo (f) (glacial)
• melting point    ponto de fusão (m) (Fís.)
• melting pot    balaio de gatos (f) (fig.), mistura de raças

Русский (Russian)
таять, плавиться, растворяться, умиляться, расплакаться, исчезать, слабеть, стушеваться, плавка, расплав

idioms:

• melt down    расплавлять, растворять
• melt into    постепенно переходить
• melt water    талая вода
• melting point    точка плавления
• melting pot    плавильный котел

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - derretirse, fundirse, disolverse, evaporarse, gastarse
v. tr. - fundir, derretir, liquidar, deshacer, disolver, ablandar
n. - acto o proceso de derretir o fundir, algo que se encuentra derretido, descongelado

idioms:

• melt down    fundir
• melt into    transformarse paulatinamente en, mezclarse con, deshacerse en
• melt water    aguanieve
• melting point    punto de fusión
• melting pot    crisol, amalgama de gente

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smälta, vekna, lösa upp, beveka
n. - smälta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
融化, 溶化, 熔化, 溶解, 使融化, 使溶解, 使熔化, 使软化, 熔化的金属

idioms:

• melt down    熔化
• melt into    化为, 因心软而...
• melt water    冰雪融化成的水
• melting point    熔点
• melting pot    坩埚, 文化熔炉, 人种混杂的国家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 融化, 溶化, 熔化, 溶解
v. tr. - 使融化, 使溶解, 使熔化, 使軟化
n. - 融化, 溶解, 熔化, 熔化的金屬

idioms:

• melt down    熔化
• melt into    化為, 因心軟而...
• melt water    冰雪融化成的水
• melting point    熔點
• melting pot    坩堝, 文化熔爐, 人種混雜的國家

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 녹다, 감정이 가라앉다, 무덥다
v. tr. - 녹이다, 돈을 함부로 쓰다, 감동하게 하다
n. - 용해

idioms:

• melt down    녹이다
• melt into    많은 양의 물이 나오다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 溶ける, 溶解する, しだいに…になる, 和らぐ

idioms:

• melt down    溶かす
• melt into    とけて～となる心が解けて～しだす
• melt water    やわらげた水, ソフトウォータ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يذوب, يبدد, يسيل (الاسم) إذابه, إنصهار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נמס, התמוסס, נמוג, נעלם, גווע, היה רך וזורם (צליל), התרכך, השתנה או התמזג לצורה או למצב אחרים‬
v. tr. - ‮המס‬
n. - ‮המסה, התמוססות, מתכת נוזלת, כמות שהומסה‬

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