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Antonyms for melt

Grammar : Verb
Spell : melt
Phonetic Transcription : mɛlt

Definition of melt

Origin :
  • Old English meltan "become liquid, consume by fire, burn up" (class III strong verb; past tense mealt, past participle molten), from Proto-Germanic *meltanan; fused with Old English gemæltan (Anglian), gemyltan (West Saxon) "make liquid," from Proto-Germanic *gamaltijanan (cf. Old Norse melta "to digest"), both from PIE *meldh-, (cf. Sanskrit mrduh "soft, mild," Greek meldein "to melt, make liquid," Latin mollis "soft, mild"), from root *mel- "soft," with derivatives referring to soft or softened (especially ground) materials (see mild). Figurative use by c.1200. Related: Melted; melting.
  • Of food, to melt in (one's) mouth is from 1690s. Melting pot is from 1540s; figurative use from 1855; popularized with reference to America by play "The Melting Pot" by Israel Zangwill (1908).
  • verb liquefy; dissolve
  • verb give in, yield
Example sentences :
  • If the ice that froze up the spring of his love would but begin to melt!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I'm fit to melt—there is no strength left in me; here, come and take the rod!'
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Put some butter into a sauce-pan, set it on hot coals, and melt and skim it.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Put the sugar to melt in the liquid, and let it set all night.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Melt a pound of butter by putting it into a skillet on hot coals.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Melt a quarter of a pound of fresh butter in a quart of milk.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Upon my word of honour, I do believe it must melt at times; it vanishes so quickly.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • The water which serves to melt and separate the wax is far from being useless.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • So that he adds, upon the empty city, 'Burn it and melt its brass'.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
  • I did not awake; things did not melt away in a mist before my eyes.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Synonyms for melt

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