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Melt

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
"I melted butter to make a cake.; When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt."
2.VerbTo dissolve, disperse, vanish.
"His troubles melted away."
3.VerbTo 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.VerbTo be discouraged.
5.VerbTo be emotionally softened or touched.
"She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.; My heart melted when I first heard the song."
6.VerbTo be very hot and sweat profusely.
"I need shade! I'm melting!"
7.NounMolten material, the product of melting.
8.NounThe transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
9.NounThe springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
10.NounA melt sandwich.
11.NounRock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
"Numerous samples of breccia and impact melts were recovered by drilling into the floor of the crater."
12.NounA wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
13.NounA soft, soppy, or overly emotional person.
14.NounA centre-left or liberal person, when in opposition to a leftist; a critic of Jeremy Corbyn within the Labour Party.
15.NounVariant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.
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