Found 2 items, similar to molten.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: molten 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] molten adj : reduced to liquid form by heating; “a mass of molten rock” [syn: liquefied, liquified] molten See melt
English → English (gcide) Definition: Molten 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. --Shak. [1913 Webster] For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften. [1913 Webster] Molten \Mol"ten\, a. [See Melt.] 1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron. [1913 Webster] 2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image. [1913 Webster]