Found 3 items, similar to melt.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: melt
cair, melarutkan, melebur, mencair
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: melt
melt
v 1: 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:
run,
melt down
]
2: 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”;
“The giant iceberg dissolved over
the years during the global warming phase”;
“dethaw the
meat” [syn:
dissolve,
thaw,
unfreeze,
unthaw,
dethaw]
3: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial;
“With age, he
mellowed” [syn:
mellow,
mellow out]
4: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;
“Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene” [syn:
meld]
5: 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” [syn:
fade]
6: become less intense and fade away gradually;
“her resistance
melted under his charm” [syn:
disappear]
[also:
molten]
melt
n : 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” [syn:
thaw,
thawing,
melting]
[also:
molten]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Melt
Melt
\Melt\ (m[e^]lt), n. (Zo["o]l.)
See 2d
Milt.
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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.
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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.
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Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.
--Shak.
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For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden.
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Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
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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.
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2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
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3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle;
also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
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My soul melteth for heaviness. --Ps. cxix.
28.
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Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. --Shak.
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4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See
fondue.
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The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing
outlines, overlapping and melting into each other.
--J. C.
Shairp.
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5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog
melts away. --Shak.
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