melt

Signification (English)

Verb

1. To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
2. To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
3. 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.
4. To be discouraged.
5. To be emotionally softened or touched.
6. (colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.

Noun

1. Molten material, the product of melting.
2. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
3. The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
4. A melt sandwich.
5. Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
6. A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
7. (slang) An idiot.
8. Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.

Concepts

fondre

dégeler

faire fondre

dissoudre

se fondre

décongeler

disperser

disparaître

fusion

fusionner

se dissoudre

attendrir

s’amalgamer

couler

dégel

diluer

fléchir

fonte

fuser

liquéfier

moelleux

mouler

se décomposer

Synonyms

dissolve

thaw

fuse

liquefy

smelt

soften

melting

defrost

liquify

unfreeze

unthaw

run

melt down

cast

thawing

warm up

disappear

fade

liquidize

mellow

dethaw

flux

disintegrate

fuze

fusion

meld

pine

boil

digest

caramelise

wear out

mellow out

evaporate

liquate

caramelize

dilute

languish

liquid

liquidise

macerate

meltdown

melted

merge

mix

mouth

pass off

perspire

plasticize

putrefy

reabsorb

render

rot

scramble

scuff

sell

shade

skirt

smelting

soak

stomach

sweat

😓

sympathize

tap

usually

weaken

weakened

wither

become soft

become tender

come unstuck

get warm

thaw out

trickle down

very soft

cause to come unstuck

soak in 3

dissolve in a liquid 3

plasticise

water

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be melted

sweal

become liquid

go to water

consume away

feel compassion

be dissolved

be rinsed

cause to vanish

commisserate

fusant

molten bath

fused mass

ablate

melt-out

ablation

absorb

assimilate

blend

blend in

break up

clear away

clear off

close

condense

confess

cook

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crushed

deice

destroyed

disband

disperse

dissolution

dissolved

dissolving

drip

dry

dry up

dwindle

dwindle away

eliminate

fall

flow

flow out

fondant

found

fry

fused

fusing

leak

liquation

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɛlt/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: melten

Inherited from ancien anglais: meltan

Cognate with islandais: melta

In summary

From Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *maltijaną, both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to digest”).