melt
Other forms: melted; melting; melts
To melt means to fade away slowly and disappear, like a snowman in the middle of the Sahara.
"I'm melting! I'm melting!" — Those are the feeble cries of ice cubes on a hot summer day and Wicked Witches doused with water by a meddling girl from Kansas. To melt a stick of butter into liquid form sounds like an excellent idea for your popcorn — but perhaps not for your diet. And when your puppy looks up at you with those big brown puppy eyes, your heart probably melts — even if he just ate your slippers.
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reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
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become or cause to become soft or liquid“The sun melted the ice”“the ice cream melted”“The heat melted the wax”
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become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
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lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
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become less intense and fade away gradually
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become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
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synonyms:
mellow, mellow out
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mellow
soften, make mellow
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type of:
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change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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mellow
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the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid“the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster”
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type of:
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heating, warming
the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
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phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change
a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
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heating, warming
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Learn these words from the environmental report by Glen Phelan and the technical directions (Inside: Level B, Unit 8). Here are our links to the selections of "Global Warnings": Handle with Care, Going Green with Cameron Diaz, Melting Away; Plant a Tree, The Legend of the Yakwawiak, Possum Crossing, The Tyger, Grand Canyon Speech Here are our links to the units of Level B: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary
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