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melt, v.
(melting, melts, molten)
freq. cnt. 8

reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

melt melt down run

sample sentences

"melt butter"
"melt down gold"
"The wax melted in the sun"

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derivationally related form

meltable melting melt

semantic pointers

hyponym

fuse try, render

hypernym

dissolve, break up, resolve

verb group

run, bleed

become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

mellow mellow out melt

sample sentences

"With age, he mellowed"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

mellowing

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

verb group

mellow

become or cause to become soft or liquid
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

dethaw dissolve melt thaw unfreeze unthaw

sample sentences

"The sun melted the ice"
"the ice thawed"
"the ice cream melted"
"The heat melted the wax"
"The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"
"dethaw the meat"

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The chefs %s the vegetables

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thaw thawing thaw

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

meltable melter melting melt

semantic pointers

hypernym

liquefy, flux, liquify

hyponym

deliquesce defrost, deice, de-ice

lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

meld melt

sample sentences

"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

mix, fuse, merge, coalesce, combine, blend, flux, conflate, commingle, immix, meld

become less intense and fade away gradually
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disappear evaporate melt

sample sentences

"her resistance melted under his charm"
"her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken

become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

fade melt

sample sentences

"The scene begins to fade"
"The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fade

semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken