Melt - English meaning

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

noun

Emotion or desire as influencing behaviour.

Usage examples:

By triggering affect and emotion, intolerant behaviors are set in motion.

verb

Make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible.

Usage examples:

The report managed to clarify the government's position

Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

verb

To make something clearer or easier to understand

Usage examples:

I hope this analysis will clarify the debate., talking it through with you has helped me to clarify…

verb

Free (the interior of a refrigerator or freezer) of accumulated ice, usually by turning it off for a period.

Usage examples:

Regularly defrost manual-defrost refrigerators and freezers; frost buildup increases the amount of …

verb

To become or cause something to become free of ice or no longer frozen

Usage examples:

[ i ] take some meat out of the freezer to defrost for supper.

verb

To (cause to) become free of ice, or to (cause to) become no longer frozen

Usage examples:

When you get a build-up of ice in your freezer, you know it's time to defrost it., defrost the chic…

verb

(of organic matter) become liquid, typically during decomposition.

Usage examples:

Leave somewhere warm for several days to allow the mushrooms to deliquesce.

verb

When a solid deliquesces, it becomes liquid as it absorbs moisture from the air

Usage examples:

Ascorbic acid deliquesces at 98% humidity., a series of candles encased in ice deliquesce into a pu…

verb

To melt or turn into a liquid

Usage examples:

Deliquesce into a series of columns of ice deliquesce into a puddle., one or two of these mushrooms…

verb

Cease to be visible.

Usage examples:

He disappeared into the trees

verb

(of a person or thing) to go to a place or into a condition where the person or thing cannot be seen

Usage examples:

She disappeared into the house., he disappeared for a few hours (= went somewhere unknown)., they w…

verb

If people or things disappear, they go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found

Usage examples:

The search was called off for the sailors who disappeared in the storm., i can't find my keys anywh…

verb

Take a weapon or weapons away from (a person, force, or country).

Usage examples:

Guerrillas had completely disarmed their forces

noun

An act of taking a weapon away from someone.

Usage examples:

A well-executed disarm

verb

To take weapons away from someone, or give up weapons

Usage examples:

[ t ] store security guards disarmed him and held him for the police., [ i ] the revolutionary grou…

verb

Distribute or spread over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes

adjective

Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid.

Usage examples:

Emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase

verb

To scatter or move away over a large area, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] it took several hours for the crowd to disperse.

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

Usage examples:

The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

verb

To disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually

Usage examples:

[ t ] it took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the north sea.

verb

To (cause to) gradually disappear or waste

Usage examples:

The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere., his anger dissipated as the situation became cl…

verb

(with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.

Usage examples:

Glucose dissolves easily in water

noun

An act or instance of moving gradually from one image or scene in a film to another.

Usage examples:

The alternatives to a cut are fades or dissolves

verb

To be absorbed or to cause a solid to be absorbed by a liquid, or of a liquid to absorb a solid

Usage examples:

[ t ] dissolve two teaspoons of yeast in warm water., [ t ] they decided to dissolve the partnership.

verb

Pass out of sight, memory, or existence.

Usage examples:

Water moves among reeds, evanesces, shines

verb

To disappear or be forgotten

Usage examples:

It does not take long for the memory of past achievements to evanesce.

verb

Turn from liquid into vapour.

Usage examples:

Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated

verb

To cause a liquid to change to a gas, esp. by heating

Usage examples:

[ i ] some water evaporates to form clouds., [ i ] the issue of global warming is not just going to…

verb

To cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating

Usage examples:

The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates., plants keep cool during th…

noun

The action or process of flowing or flowing out.

Usage examples:

The flux of ions across the membrane

verb

Treat (a metal object) with a flux to promote melting.

Usage examples:

It was considered such ideal fluxing ore that the el paso smelter paid the costs for shipping it by…

noun

Continuous change

Usage examples:

Everything is in a state of flux.

verb

Join or blend to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit

noun

A safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.

Usage examples:

If the demand for electrical current exceeds the safety level, a fuse opens once and must be replac…

verb

Fit a fuse to (a bomb, shell, or mine).

Usage examples:

The bomb was fused to go off during a charity performance

verb

Make or become liquid.

Usage examples:

The minimum pressure required to liquefy a gas

verb

To become or make something liquid

Usage examples:

[ i ] gases liquefy under pressure.

verb

To (cause a gas or a solid to) change into a liquid form

Usage examples:

Gases liquefy under pressure., to liquefy it, the gas is cooled to minus 260 degrees.

verb

Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).

Usage examples:

Nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists

verb

To make someone less angry or upset, or to make something less severe or more gentle

Usage examples:

She was not mollified by his apology.

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

noun

An act or instance of moving past or through something.

Usage examples:

Repeated passes with the swipe card

exclamation

Said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quiz.

Usage examples:

To the enigmatic question we answered ‘pass’

verb

Make or become less tense or anxious.

Usage examples:

He relaxed and smiled confidently

verb

Make less taut

verb

To become or cause someone to become calm and comfortable, and not worried or nervous, or to become or cause a muscle or the body to become less tight

Usage examples:

[ i ] she saw a need for a downtown club where women could relax., [ t ] this exercise will help yo…

verb

Provide or give (a service, help, etc.).

Usage examples:

Money serves as a reward for services rendered

noun

A first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.

Usage examples:

Set stainless steel beads in position and apply scratch coat render at a thickness of 6/8mm.

verb

Give or supply

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

verb

Make or become soft or softer.

Usage examples:

Plant extracts to soften and moisturize the skin

verb

To become gentle, or to make something less forceful or loud

Usage examples:

[ t ] he made an effort to soften his tone., congress will move to soften the law’s impact., [ i ] …

verb

If demand, a price, a market, etc. softens, it stops increasing or it goes down

Usage examples:

Share prices softened with continued worries about the country's economic recovery., although deman…

verb

(of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming up.

Usage examples:

The river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital

noun

A period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow.

Usage examples:

The thaw came yesterday afternoon

verb

Come into or be in contact with.

Usage examples:

He leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor

noun

An act of touching someone or something.

Usage examples:

Her touch on his shoulder was hesitant

verb

Make physical contact with, come in contact with

verb

Thaw or cause to thaw.

Usage examples:

A chop was unfreezing in the kitchen

verb

To stop (something such as pay or prices) being fixed at a particular level and allow them to increase

Usage examples:

About one-third of employers plan to unfreeze salaries., the company sprang a surprise on its custo…

verb

Disappear suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

Moira vanished without trace

verb

Become invisible or unnoticeable

verb

To disappear or stop existing, esp. suddenly

Usage examples:

Her smile vanished.

idiom

To disappear suddenly and completely

Usage examples:

The ship simply vanished into thin air.