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melt
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- pronunciation:
- melt
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
melts, melting, melted |
| definition 1: |
to change from a solid to a liquid state through heat or pressure.
- synonyms:
- dissolve, liquefy
- antonyms:
- freeze, set, solidify
- similar words:
- deliquesce, fuse, thaw
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| definition 2: |
to fade, merge, or blend, as from one state to another (often fol. by "away," "in," or "into").
Our fortune is melting away.He melted into the crowd.- synonyms:
- dissolve, fade
- similar words:
- blend, disappear, dissipate, fuse, merge, vanish
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| definition 3: |
to experience a sudden feeling of gentleness or emotional helplessness.
Her smile made him melt.- synonyms:
- soften
- similar words:
- dissolve, mellow, relax
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| related words: |
merge, relent, warm, wash |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause to change from a solid to a liquid state.
- synonyms:
- dissolve, liquidize
- antonyms:
- freeze, solidify
- similar words:
- flux, fuse, liquefy, smelt, unfreeze
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| definition 2: |
to cause to gradually blend into solution; dissolve.
- synonyms:
- dissolve
- similar words:
- solvate
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| definition 3: |
to trigger a sudden feeling of gentleness or emotional helplessness in.
He melted her with his singing.- synonyms:
- gentle, move, soften
- similar words:
- affect, disarm, mellow, mollify, relax, subdue, touch
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| related words: |
dissipate, render, thaw, warm |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or state of melting.
- synonyms:
- dissolution
- antonyms:
- freeze
- similar words:
- liquefaction, thaw
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| definition 2: |
an amount of something melted.
- similar words:
- liquid
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| derivations: |
meltable (adj.), meltingly (adv.) |
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