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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
melt
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ice melts
▪ The ice in my glass had begun to melt.
melt butter
▪ Melt the butter and mix it with the other ingredients.
melted butter (=heated until it is liquid)
▪ Brush the pastry with a little melted butter.
melted cheese
▪ Nachos are good with melted cheese.
melted chocolate
▪ Stir in the eggs and the melted chocolate.
melting point
melting pot
▪ New York has always been a great melting pot.
snow melts (=turns to water)
▪ The snow has melted and the ground is bare once more.
the frost melts
▪ The frost was gradually melting.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
▪ The throng in front of Owen melted away, leaving his men exposed, so he drew them back into the shadows.
▪ She dropped dead; her very flesh had melted away.
▪ And in a moment, 48 years melt away.
▪ Both activities cause the tax revenue necessary to pay for redistributive activities to melt away.
▪ It is hoped that in this way the metaphysical difficulties surrounding this problem will largely melt away.
▪ In nubble time history melts away, taking with it all traces of the number game.
▪ Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble.
▪ Thursday, major stores reported figures showing that those expectations had melted away.
down
▪ Silver of this period is especially rare as much of it was melted down in the Revolution or to fund wars.
▪ But that tradition melted down this winter, a casualty of the trash politics of 1996.
▪ Their stooping posture was of a person melting down, slumping into the stance of a vicious carnivore.
▪ I want to talk in metaphors of heat, of burning, of barriers melting down in the face of irresistible passions.
▪ Tons of railings and beautiful iron statues, some from graveyards, were melted down for the war effort.
▪ The ancient bells were melted down.
▪ Often it can take a little while to melt down the pieces of ice to make drinking water.
▪ That kind of success would surely melt down the lead of anxiety and fear.
■ NOUN
butter
▪ Place the butter and water in a saucepan and heat until the butter is melted.
▪ However, when you meet Sean Young she's disarmingly polite and looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
▪ Bring water to boil and add butter to melt.
▪ Let the butter melt over very gentle heat.
▪ Heat together the butter and olive oil in a large pan or casserole dish, until the butter has melted.
▪ Heat the butter and the olive oil together in a large heavy saucepan or casserole dish, until the butter has melted.
cheese
▪ The chicken version is filled with corn, black beans, peppers, onions, melted cheese and of course, chicken.
▪ Dramatic look with tiny jalapeno pepper slices embedded in melted cheese topping.
▪ A General Electric toaster oven, distinguished by four years of melted cheese dripped from countless tuna melts and toasted-cheese sandwiches.
▪ Matt was laughing so hard he dropped his Frito chips and melted cheese on the floor beneath the stands.
chocolate
▪ For the topping, melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water or in the microwave.
▪ Thwack the bottom but be careful not to get hot melted chocolate on your finger.
▪ Make sure you melt the chocolate slowly, especially white chocolate.
▪ Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and allow to cool slightly.
▪ In nineteenth-century Paris young revellers would melt down chocolate and smear horrified passers-by with what they took to be excrement.
glass
▪ The temperatures necessary for melting glass had been achieved in the manufacture of copper alloys thousands of years before.
▪ He got his popcorn and the lady laid his quarter change in a spot of melted butter on the glass.
▪ This information is additional to that gained on crystallization, melting, glass transitions, and decompositions.
▪ Depending on the furnace type used, the melting of the glass batch was normally carried out in crucibles.
heart
▪ And-guess what-his flinty heart is melted.
▪ Do you think the ice around your own heart might have melted for eternity?
▪ Then his eyes saw one of his country's rivers, his heart melted.
▪ For a day, Nigel resented this, but then the photograph looked so beautiful and vulnerable that his heart melted.
▪ Sarah saw her daughter's face crumple and her heart melted.
heat
▪ Remove from the heat and allow to melt very slowly, stirring occasionally.
▪ Combine the preserves and water in a small saucepan and heat until preserves melt.
▪ Intense heat had melted and buckled the twisting frame that caught fire.
▪ Cook over low heat until melted, stirring constantly.
▪ Ice always needs heat to melt.
▪ In a nonstick skillet over high heat, melt butter as needed to cover bottom of pan.
▪ Industrial cleaning Dry-ice rice HEAT ice; it melts.
▪ The heat has melted the sap in the pine trees, and the dampness carries that bright smell.
ice
▪ She put a red plastic bowl on the refrigerator floor and sat down to wait for the ice to melt.
▪ The words tumbled out with such stumbling sincerity that she looked at him, the ice in her eyes melting.
▪ The ice has continued to melt ever since.
▪ The ice had melted and the drink was warm.
▪ Obviously if it weren't cold the ice would melt.
▪ When the ice melted the valleys were drowned, forming deep water inlets, or fjords.
▪ As the ice melted, the salt water was mixed with more plain water.
iron
▪ The melting point of iron was exorbitantly hot.
▪ The melting and sinking of iron to form a liquid core at the center was therefore an event of catastrophic proportions.
mouth
▪ However, when you meet Sean Young she's disarmingly polite and looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
▪ These eggs melt in your mouth.
▪ Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
▪ The meat is juicy and salty, peppery around the edges, and just soft enough to melt in your mouth.
▪ She may look like a fire-breathing dragon, but butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
▪ From the look of her, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth!
▪ The salmon sushi and the yellowtail sashimi are likely to melt in your mouth, so pay close attention.
snow
▪ Tiny fields, green and white where the snow was melting again, led down to the outskirts of the town.
▪ Outside, the huge piles of snow are melting.
▪ Food is at its most plentiful during the short summer months, when the snow melts to uncover the higher mountain pastures.
▪ It has to do with how that snow pile melts.
▪ She would get away from here as soon as the snow began to melt.
▪ As the snow began to melt and to run in rivulets, I held tighter to Charlie.
▪ Most of the snow had melted here.
▪ The snow had melted and was transformed to mud.
temperature
▪ The temperatures necessary for melting glass had been achieved in the manufacture of copper alloys thousands of years before.
▪ When water gets below that temperature, it will freeze; when it gets above that temperature, it will melt.
▪ Not all magmas have the same composition, and magmas with different compositions melt at different temperatures.
▪ Also a rise in temperature melts fats making them more fluid and easier to remove.
water
▪ Soon after ice in water has melted, add water, mixing just until dough comes together.
▪ As the Earth warmed and partial melting occurred, water was released and carried to the surface along with lava.
▪ When water gets below that temperature, it will freeze; when it gets above that temperature, it will melt.
▪ As the ice melted, the salt water was mixed with more plain water.
■ VERB
begin
▪ She would get away from here as soon as the snow began to melt.
▪ As the snow began to melt and to run in rivulets, I held tighter to Charlie.
▪ David's first attempt at the challenge last year had to be abandoned because the ice began to melt.
▪ After that, the snow begins to melt.
▪ Stand the bowl over a pan of simmering water and heat very gently until the chocolate begins to melt.
▪ As the cheese begins to melt, start checking underside of tortilla for browning.
▪ I stayed there for three days, until the snow began to melt, dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof.
▪ He had only to look at her for all her firmly made resolutions to begin to melt away.
feel
▪ I felt a melting in me.
▪ But tonight she feels her resolve melting.
▪ Pears, apples, and grapes were so sweet that they felt like they were melting in my mouth.
seem
▪ The rest of her body seemed to have melted into a useless tangle of arms and legs.
▪ Two steps, and the staircase seemed to melt like jelly; she had to grip the banister with both hands.
▪ The fireworks seemed to pulse with the music, her skin seemed to melt and re-form from moment to moment.
▪ It is partly cut from the mountain and almost seems to melt into the rock.
▪ She seemed to be melting into the darkness behind her.
start
▪ The glacier feeding the fjord starts to melt at this time of year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boiling point/freezing point/melting point etc
butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth
in the melting pot
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a small frying pan.
▪ Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the sugar.
▪ melted cheese
▪ I just melt whenever I see him.
▪ It was not very cold, and some snow had melted.
▪ The chocolate had melted and was all over the inside of her pocket.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And in our sandwich, the grated cheese, when melted, got lost in the shuffle of the other ingredients.
▪ Do you think the ice around your own heart might have melted for eternity?
▪ Grill until the cheese has melted.
▪ High rocky cliffs pitted with little sandy coves melt away into long stretches of silvery beach.
▪ Prepare a white sauce by melting the butter in a pan, then adding the flour.
▪ Rivers of raindrops created the illusion that all the faces were melting, were weeping.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Melt

Melt \Melt\ (m[e^]lt), n. (Zo["o]l.) See 2d Milt.

Melt

Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melted (obs.) p. p. Molten; p. pr. & vb. n. Melting.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf. Smelt, v., Malt, Milt the spleen.]

  1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.

  2. 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.

    Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.
    --Shak.

    For pity melts the mind to love.
    --Dryden.

    Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.

Melt

Melt \Melt\, v. i.

  1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.

  2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.

  3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

    My soul melteth for heaviness.
    --Ps. cxix. 28.

    Melting with tenderness and kind compassion.
    --Shak.

  4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue.

    The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other.
    --J. C. Shairp.

  5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
    --Shak.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
melt

Old English meltan "become liquid, consume by fire, burn up" (class III strong verb; past tense mealt, past participle molten), from Proto-Germanic *meltanan; fused with Old English gemæltan (Anglian), gemyltan (West Saxon) "make liquid," from Proto-Germanic *gamaltijan (cognates: Old Norse melta "to digest"), both from PIE *meldh-, (cognates: Sanskrit mrduh "soft, mild," Greek meldein "to melt, make liquid," Latin mollis "soft, mild"), from root *mel- "soft," with derivatives referring to soft or softened (especially ground) materials (see mild). Figurative use by c.1200. Related: Melted; melting.\n

\nOf food, to melt in (one's) mouth is from 1690s. Melting pot is from 1540s; figurative use from 1855; popularized with reference to America by play "The Melting Pot" by Israel Zangwill (1908).

melt

1854, "molten metal," from melt (v.). In reference to a type of sandwich topped by melted cheese, 1980, American English.

Wiktionary
melt

n. 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 A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water. 6 (context UK slang English) an idiot. vb. 1 (context ergative English) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. 2 (context intransitive figuratively English) To dissolve, disperse, vanish. 3 (context transitive figurative English) 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 (context intransitive colloquial English) To be very hot and sweat profusely.

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WordNet
melt

  1. v. 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" [syn: run, melt down]

  2. become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw]

  3. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" [syn: mellow, mellow out]

  4. lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn: meld]

  5. 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" [syn: fade]

  6. become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm" [syn: disappear]

  7. [also: molten]

melt

  1. n. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" [syn: thaw, thawing, melting]

  2. [also: molten]

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Wikipedia
Melt

Melt can refer to:

  • Melting, in physics, the process of heating a solid substance to a liquid and Kieran
  • Melt (manufacturing), the semi-liquid material used in steelmaking and glassblowing
  • Melt (geology), magma
  • Melt inclusions, a feature of igneous rock
  • Melt sandwich or cheese melt, a grilled sandwich
  • A name for meltwater, water released from the thawing of snow and ice
Melt (Melanie C song)

"Melt" is a song by British singer-songwriter Melanie C. It was released as the third and final single from her second solo album, Reason (2003). The song was released as a double A-side with " Yeh Yeh Yeh" in the United Kingdom. In other countries, "Yeh Yeh Yeh" was serviced on its own as the final single. An accompanying music video, directed by Jamie Vickery, features footage from the Reason Tour.

Melt (manufacturing)

Melt is the working material in the steelmaking process, in making glass, and when forming thermoplastics. In thermoplastics, melt is the plastic in its forming temperature, which can vary depending on how it is being used. For steelmaking, it refers to steel in liquid form.

Melt (Rascal Flatts album)

Melt is the second studio album from the American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on October 29, 2002 (see 2002 in country music) on Lyric Street Records and sold 3,073,000 copies in the United States up to May 2009. The lead-off single "These Days" was the group's first Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts (and reached number 23 on the Pop charts). The follow-ups, "Love You out Loud" and "I Melt", respectively reached number 3 (number 30 Pop) and number 2 (number 34 Pop), while "Mayberry" was also a Number One (and number 21 Pop). A music video was also made for "My Worst Fear" though it was never released as a single.

Melt (Straitjacket Fits album)

Melt was the second album from Dunedin, New Zealand band Straitjacket Fits, and the last to feature the original line-up of Shayne Carter, Andrew Brough, John Collie and David Wood; Brough was to leave before the third album, Blow. The album reached no. 13 on the New Zealand music charts. The album would later sell a respectable 40,000 copies in the United States.

The album spawned three singles, "Bad Note for a Heart", "Down in Splendour", and "Roller Ride". Of these, only "Bad Note for a Heart" charted (reaching no. 25 in the New Zealand charts), yet the Andrew Brough single "Down in Splendour" was later listed at number 32 in 2001 on the Australasian Performing Rights Association's 75th anniversary poll of New Zealand's top 100 songs of all time. The music video for "Bad Note for a Heart" won the award for best New Zealand music video of 1990.

The album was seen as being truer to the band's sound than the previous album ( Hail), and closer to the live sound and to the sound of the band's debut EP Life in One Chord. The album was described as "...a culmination of searing guitars that never collide and are always textured with the rhythm section's simple powerful backbone."

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Usage examples of "melt".

Thus attended, the hapless mourner entered the place, and, according to the laudable hospitality of England, which is the only country in Christendom where a stranger is not made welcome to the house of God, this amiable creature, emaciated and enfeebled as she was, must have stood in a common passage during the whole service, had not she been perceived by a humane gentlewoman, who, struck with her beauty and dignified air, and melted with sympathy at the ineffable sorrow which was visible in her countenance, opened the pew in which she sat, and accommodated Monimia and her attendant.

The silkiness of melting chocolate on his tongue reminds him of the music of Angelo Badalamenti, and the music of Badalamenti brings to mind the waxy surface of a scarlet anthurium, and the anthurium sparks an intensely sensual recollection of the cool taste and crispness of cornichons, which for several seconds completely overwhelms the actual taste of the chocolate.

All-seeing Eye be the centre of many concentric circles, beholding equally in perspective the circumference of each, and for accordance with human periods of time measuring off segments by converging radii: separately marked on each segment of the wheel within wheel, in the way of actual fulfilment, as well as type and antitype, will appear its satisfied word of prophecy, shining onward yet as it becomes more and more final, until time is melted in eternity.

And again she wrung her hands and turned her tear-stained flowercrowned face to Heaven, looking so lovely in her despair--for she was indeed a beautiful woman--that assuredly the sight of her would have melted the hearts of any less cruel than were the three fiends before us.

Both of them laughed as they were led to where a group of brahmacharyas sat amid a pile of freshly cut balsa wood logs, a pot of tar slowly melting over a cookfire, and vines and creepers they were weaving into ropes to use as lashings.

Rub with melted butter, put a little hot water into the pan, and bake for thirty minutes, basting as required.

Indeed two men left the wall to melt into a pile from which two bedraggled specimens crawled toward the pink.

From somewhere outside, a sword stabbed into the mists and melted away into smoke as it came, until a bladeless hilt was drawn back.

Even as a torpid brooklet, That to the night-gleaming moon Flashed in turn the frozen glances, Melts upon the breast of noon.

His unburnable possessions were melted beyond recognition before joining the bone balls, and drifted down through the water to the accompaniment of piscine burps and belches.

The problem here was that the bags of exotherm and fuel had shifted around as the boat melted its way to the surface.

The exhalation of a trillion budding exotherms melted the ice above the little vehicle.

He cursed out loud, scolding himself for his inability to release the memories: the maelstrom of hypnagogic images superimposed upon all that he saw, the recollections of the accident tearing apart and blending back together again in a blurry mixture of lucid truth and deceptive mirage, the deafening blare of the horns in helpless warning, the walls of the chambers flashing in a fluctuating rhythm to the horns, between glowing red and pitch black, the faces burning and falling off everyone as the radiation surge hit, the crumbling support beams collapsing all about them, his own flesh melting, the blackness closing in.

Split and broil a fresh mackerel and serve with melted butter, seasoned with anchovy paste.

But as he downed the last drops of his root beer, two circular pieces of ice melting on his tongue, Lo Manto knew he had fallen for a woman unlike any he had ever met in his life.