English

Detailed Synonyms for melt in English

melt:

to melt verb (melts, melted, melting)

  1. to melt
    to melt; to fuse; to fuze
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
    • fuse verb, British (fuses, fused, fusing)
    • fuze verb, American
  2. to melt
    to melt; to run
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
    • run verb (runs, ran, running)
  3. to melt
    to melt; make melt
  4. to melt
    to pass into each other; to melt
    • pass into each other verb (passes into each other, passed into each other, passing into each other)
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
  5. to melt
    – become less intense and fade away gradually 1
    to disappear; to evaporate; to melt
    – become less intense and fade away gradually 1
    • disappear verb (disappears, disappeared, disappearing)
    • evaporate verb (evaporates, evaporated, evaporating)
      • her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance1
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
      • her resistance melted under his charm1
  6. to melt
    – become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly 1
    to fade; to melt
    – become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly 1
    • fade verb (fades, faded, fading)
      • The scene begins to fade1
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
      • The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk1
  7. to melt
    – become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial 1
    to mellow; to melt; mellow out
    – become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial 1
    • mellow verb (mellows, mellowed, mellowing)
      • With age, he mellowed1
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
    • mellow out verb
  8. to melt
    – become or cause to become soft or liquid 1
    to dissolve; to thaw; to melt; unfreeze; unthaw; dethaw
    – become or cause to become soft or liquid 1
    • dissolve verb (dissolves, dissolved, dissolving)
      • The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase1
    • thaw verb (thaws, thawed, thawing)
      • the ice thawed1
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
      • The sun melted the ice1
      • the ice cream melted1
      • The heat melted the wax1
    • unfreeze verb
    • unthaw verb
    • dethaw verb
      • dethaw the meat1
  9. to melt
    – lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually 1
    to melt; meld
    – lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually 1
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
      • Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene1
    • meld verb
  10. to melt
    – reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating 1
    to run; to melt; to melt down
    – reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating 1
    • run verb (runs, ran, running)
    • melt verb (melts, melted, melting)
      • melt butter1
      • The wax melted in the sun1
    • melt down verb (melts down, melted down, melting down)
      • melt down gold1

Conjugations for melt:

present
  1. melt
  2. melt
  3. melts
  4. melt
  5. melt
  6. melt
simple past
  1. melted
  2. melted
  3. melted
  4. melted
  5. melted
  6. melted
present perfect
  1. have melted
  2. have melted
  3. has melted
  4. have melted
  5. have melted
  6. have melted
past continuous
  1. was melting
  2. were melting
  3. was melting
  4. were melting
  5. were melting
  6. were melting
future
  1. shall melt
  2. will melt
  3. will melt
  4. shall melt
  5. will melt
  6. will melt
continuous present
  1. am melting
  2. are melting
  3. is melting
  4. are melting
  5. are melting
  6. are melting
subjunctive
  1. be melted
  2. be melted
  3. be melted
  4. be melted
  5. be melted
  6. be melted
diverse
  1. melt!
  2. let's melt!
  3. melted
  4. melting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

melt [the ~] noun

  1. the melt
    the melt
  2. the melt
    – the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid 1
    the thaw; the melt; the melting; the thawing
    – the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid 1
    • thaw [the ~] noun
    • melt [the ~] noun
      • the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster1
    • melting [the ~] noun
    • thawing [the ~] noun
      • the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours1

melt

  1. melt

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Related Definitions for "melt":

  1. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid1
    • the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster1
  2. become less intense and fade away gradually1
    • her resistance melted under his charm1
  3. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly1
    • The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk1
  4. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial1
  5. become or cause to become soft or liquid1
    • The sun melted the ice1
    • the ice cream melted1
    • The heat melted the wax1
  6. lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually1
    • Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene1
  7. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating1
    • melt butter1
    • The wax melted in the sun1

Related Synonyms for melt