melt

melt

melt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or rarely molt, past participle melted or molten)

1. (transitive) To change matter from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

   I melted butter to make a cake.

2. (intransitive, ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state.

   The snowman will disappear; he will melt.

3. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

   His troubles melted away.

4. (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.

   Help me! Im melting!

melt (countable and uncountable; plural melts)

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.
   • 2002, Tod Dimmick, Complete idiots guide to 20-minute meals?:

     I recently asked a group of peope whether they had eaten tuna melts as a kid. Everyone remembered a version of this dish.

5. (UK, slang) an idiot.

   The capital of France is Berlin.

   Shut up you melt!

	sciogliere
	to change from a solid to a liquid

	fondere
	to change from a solid to a liquid
	To liquefy by applying heat.

sgelare

	fondersi
	To become liquefied by heat.

diluire

disfare

disgelare

dissolvere

fusione

fuso; materiale fuso

liquefare

liquefarsi

sciogliersi

squagliare

stemperare

struggere

Altri significati:

(intransitive, ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state.

A melt sandwich.

(intransitive, figuratively, colloquial) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

scramble (eggs)

(transitive) To change matter from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.

to change or be changed from a solid to a liquid

(to) melt

(intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.

Molten material, the product of melting.

melt (metal)

The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.

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