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Melted

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.

Wiktionary
melted
  1. Being in a liquid state as a result of melting. v

  2. (en-past of: melt)

WordNet
melted

adj. changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow" [syn: liquid, liquified] [ant: unmelted]

Wikipedia
Melted (Ty Segall album)

Melted is the third album by American garage rock singer-songwriter Ty Segall. It was released on June 15th, 2010 on Goner Records, on CD/ LP formats. The songs "My Sunshine" and "Caesar" were officially released as singles, and "Girlfriend" had an official music video.

Usage examples of "melted".

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

This time, the grails yielded an antipasto salad, Italian black bread with melted garlic butter, spaghetti and meatballs, a cupful of dry red wine, grapes, more coffee crystals, ten cigarettes, a marihuana stick, a cigar, more toilet paper and a cake of soap, and four chocolate creams.

He signed a release form, poured melted sealing wax on it, and stamped it with the seal of the Marquisate of London, all without a word.

Stir two tablespoonfuls of anchovy essence into one cupful of melted butter.

Prepare a Cream Sauce according to directions previously given, and add three tablespoonfuls of freshly grated horseradish and half a cupful of melted butter.

Prepare a pint of Drawn-Butter Sauce according to directions previously given, season with salt, pepper, grated nutmeg, and lemon-juice, and add half a cupful of melted butter.

Add half a cupful of Madeira and half a cupful or more of melted butter.