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[melt] 
verb, melt⋅ed, melt⋅ed or mol⋅ten, melt⋅ing, noun
melt
1 [melt] verb, melt⋅ed, melt⋅ed or mol⋅ten, melt⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal. |
| 2. | to become liquid; dissolve: Let the cough drop melt in your mouth. |
| 3. | to pass, dwindle, or fade gradually (often fol. by away): His fortune slowly melted away. |
| 4. | to pass, change, or blend gradually (often fol. by into): Night melted into day. |
| 5. | to become softened in feeling by pity, sympathy, love, or the like: The tyrant's heart would not melt. |
| 6. | Obsolete. to be subdued or overwhelmed by sorrow, dismay, etc. |
| 7. | to reduce to a liquid state by warmth or heat; fuse: Fire melts ice. |
| 8. | to cause to pass away or fade. |
| 9. | to cause to pass, change, or blend gradually. |
| 10. | to soften in feeling, as a person or the heart. |
| 11. | the act or process of melting; state of being melted. |
| 12. | something that is melted. |
| 13. | a quantity melted at one time. |
| 14. | a sandwich or other dish topped with melted cheese: a tuna melt. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME melten, OE meltan (intrans.), m(i)elten (transit.) to melt, digest; c. ON melta to digest, Gk méldein to melt
bef. 900; ME melten, OE meltan (intrans.), m(i)elten (transit.) to melt, digest; c. ON melta to digest, Gk méldein to melt
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| mol·ten
(mōl'tən) Pronunciation Key
v. Archaic A past participle of melt. adj.
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molten
molten
c.1290, archaic pp. of O.E. meltian, a class III strong verb (see melt).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| molten | |
adjective | |
| reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock" |
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Molten
Mol"ten\, a. [See Melt.]1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron. 2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.
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