Definitions | melt |
| 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.
Translations: verb (melts, melting, melted or rarely molt, melted or molten)
- (transitive) To transit (or to change) the matter from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- I melted butter to make a cake.
- (intransitive) To change gradually(or to become transitted) from a solid state to a liquid state.
- The snowman will disappear, he will .
- (Colloquial)To dissolve.
- (Colloquial)To be very hot and sweating profusely.
- Help me! I'm melting!
Translations: - French: fondre (1), se dissoudre (2)
- German: schmelzen
- Italian: sciogliere
- Japanese: 溶�� (���)
- Spanish: derretir, derretirse
Etymology: From meltan.
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