melt
IPA: mˈɛɫt
noun
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
- A melt sandwich.
- (geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
- A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
- (UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
- Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.
- (computing) Acronym of metrics, events, logs, and traces. [The study of metrical verse.]
verb
- (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- (transitive, figurative) 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.
- (intransitive) To be discouraged.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
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