melting (verb)

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• melt — [c]/mɛlt / (say melt) verb (melted, melted or molten, melting) –verb (i) 1. to become liquefied by heat, as ice, snow, butter, metal, etc. 2. (not in scientific use) to become liquid; dissolve. 3. Obsolete Colloquial to spend, especially a cheque …  

• melt down — verb reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating melt butter melt down gold The wax melted in the sun • Syn: ↑melt, ↑run • Derivationally related forms: ↑meltable ( …   Useful english dictionary

• melt — verb 1 (I, T) if something solid melts or if heat melts it, it becomes liquid: The snow was melting in the early morning sun. | melt sth: Melt the butter and mix it with the eggs. compare freeze 1 (1), thaw 1 (1) 2 also melt away (I) to gradually …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• melt — verb 1》 make or become liquefied by heating.     ↘(melt something down) melt a metal article so as to reuse the raw material.     ↘dissolve in liquid. 2》 (often melt away) disappear or disperse.     ↘(melt into) change or merge imperceptibly into …   English new terms dictionary

• sinter — verb Etymology: German Sinter slag, cinder, from Old High German sintar more at cinder Date: 1871 transitive verb to cause to become a coherent mass by heating without melting intransitive verb to undergo sintering • sinter noun • sinterability… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dethaw — verb become or cause to become soft or liquid 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 • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• go to pot — verb become ruined His business went to pot when economy soured • Syn: ↑go to the dogs • Hypernyms: ↑deteriorate • Verb Frames: Something s * * * ( …   Useful english dictionary

• unthaw — verb become or cause to become soft or liquid (Freq. 1) 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• calcine — verb a) to heat something without melting in order to drive off water etc., and to decompose carbonates into oxides or to oxidize or reduce it; especially to heat limestone to form quicklime b) to undergo such heating …   Wiktionary

• sweeten — verb a) To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. And sweeten every secret tear. . b) To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength… …   Wiktionary

• deglaciate — verb To become uncovered as a result of the melting of a former glacier See Also: deglaciation …   Wiktionary