MELT
\mˈɛlt], \mˈɛlt], \m_ˈɛ_l_t]\
Definitions of MELT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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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"
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become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
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become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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See 2d Milt.
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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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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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To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
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Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
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To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.
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To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
By Oddity Software
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See 2d Milt.
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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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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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To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
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Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
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To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.
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To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make liquid, to dissolve: to soften: to waste away.
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To become liquid: to dissolve: to become tender or mild: to lose substance: to be discouraged.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To make liquid by heat; to soften or subdue, as the heart or feelings; to liquefy; to thaw; to dissolve; to become liquid; to be softened to love, pity, or tenderness; to be subdued by grief or affliction; to faint.
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Another spelling of milt, which see.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
