melt (verb)
1melt — [ melt ] verb ** ▸ 1 become liquid ▸ 2 disappear ▸ 3 become kinder ▸ 4 gradually combine ▸ 5 relax against ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to change a solid substance into a liquid: Melt the butter in a small saucepan. a ) intransitive to be changed… …
2melt*/ — [melt] verb 1) [I/T] to change a solid substance into a liquid, or to be changed from a solid into a liquid Melt the butter in a small saucepan.[/ex] The ice will melt quickly in direct sunlight.[/ex] 2) [I] to disappear My fears melted when I… …
3melt — ► VERB 1) make or become liquid by heating. 2) gradually disappear or disperse. 3) become or make more tender or loving. ORIGIN Old English, related to MALT(Cf. ↑malt) …
4melt — [c]/mɛlt / (say melt) verb (melted, melted or molten, melting) –verb (i) 1. to become liquefied by heat, as ice, snow, butter, metal, etc. 2. (not in scientific use) to become liquid; dissolve. 3. Obsolete Colloquial to spend, especially a cheque …
5melt down — verb 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 • Syn: ↑melt, ↑run • Derivationally related forms: ↑meltable ( …
6melt´ing|ly — melt «mehlt», verb, melt|ed, melt|ed or mol|ten, melt|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to change from a solid to a liquid by applying h …
7melt´er — melt «mehlt», verb, melt|ed, melt|ed or mol|ten, melt|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to change from a solid to a liquid by applying h …
8melt — verb 1 (I, T) if something solid melts or if heat melts it, it becomes liquid: The snow was melting in the early morning sun. | melt sth: Melt the butter and mix it with the eggs. compare freeze 1 (1), thaw 1 (1) 2 also melt away (I) to gradually …
9melt into — [phrasal verb] melt into (something) : to become difficult or impossible to see by changing into or becoming combined with (something else) The colors in the painting melt into one another. Her frown melted into a smile. She melted into… …
10melt — verb 1》 make or become liquefied by heating. ↘(melt something down) melt a metal article so as to reuse the raw material. ↘dissolve in liquid. 2》 (often melt away) disappear or disperse. ↘(melt into) change or merge imperceptibly into …
