melt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

[edit] Etymology

From Old English meltan.

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melt (countable and uncountable; plural melts)

1. molten material, the product of melting.
2. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state
3. The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
4. A melt sandwich.
   • 2002, Tod Dimmick, Complete idiot's guide to 20-minute meals‎

     I recently asked a group of peope whether they had eaten tuna melts as a kid. Everyone remembered a version of this dish.

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to melt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or rarely molt, past participle melted or molten)

1. (transitive) To transit (or to change) the matter from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

   I melted butter to make a cake.

2. (intransitive, ergative) To change gradually (or to become transited) from a solid state to a liquid state; to be melted

   The snowman will disappear; he will melt.

3. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

   His troubles melted away.

4. (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.

   Help me! I'm melting!

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