| VERB | change | melt, run, melt down | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating |
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| change | melt, dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw | become or cause to become soft or liquid | |
| change | melt, mellow, mellow out | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial | |
| change | melt, meld | lose its distinct / distinct outline or shape | |
| change | melt, fade | become less clearly visible or distinguishable | |
| change | melt, disappear, evaporate | become less intense and fade away gradually | |
| NOUN | process | melt, thaw, thawing, melting | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid / liquid |
| Sounds | meh'lt | |
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| Rhymes | belt ... welt: 13 rhymes with ehlt... | |
| Meaning | The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid / liquid. | |
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| Example | "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster" | |
| Synonyms | thaw, thawing, melting | |
| Broader | heating, warming | The process of becoming warmer |
| phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change | A change from one state (solid or liquid / liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition | |
| Spanish | derretimiento, deshielo, fundición, fusión | |
| Catalan | desgel, desglaç, fosa, fusió | |
| Verbs | melt | become or cause to become soft or liquid |
| melt | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating | |
| Meaning | Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | run, melt down | |
| Narrower | fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating |
| try, render | melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities | |
| Broader | dissolve, resolve, break up | Cause to go into a solution |
| Similar to | run, bleed | Be diffused |
| Spanish | derretirse, derretir, deshacerse, fundir | |
| Catalan | desfer-se, fondre | |
| Adjectives | meltable | capable of melting |
| Nouns | melt, melting | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid / liquid |
| Meaning | Become or cause to become soft or liquid. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw | |
| Narrower | defrost, deice, de-ice | make or become free of frost or ice |
| deliquesce | melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | |
| Broader | liquefy, flux, liquify | Become liquid or fluid when heated |
| Spanish | derretir, descongelar, deshacer, fundir | |
| Catalan | descongelar, desfer, desgelar, desglaçar, fondre | |
| Adjectives | meltable | capable of melting |
| Nouns | melt, melting | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid / liquid |
| melter | a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.) | |
| Meaning | Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | mellow, mellow out | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | mellow | soften, make mellow |
| Meaning | Lose its distinct / distinct outline or shape; blend gradually. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" | |
| Synonym | meld | |
| Broader | blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge | mix together different elements |
| Spanish | confundirse, mezclar | |
| Catalan | barrejar-se, confondre's | |
| Meaning | Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" | |
| Synonym | fade | |
| Broader | weaken | Become weaker |
| Spanish | apagarse, desvanecerse | |
| Catalan | apagar-se, desdibuixar-se, esvair-se | |
| Meaning | Become less intense and fade away gradually. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "her resistance melted under his charm" | |
| Synonyms | disappear, evaporate | |
| Broader | weaken | Become weaker |
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