Synonyms: thaw, thawing, melt, melting
Definition: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
Usage: the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster; the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
Similar words: heating, warming
Definition: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
Similar words: phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change
Definition: a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
Synonyms: melt, evaporate, disappear
Definition: become less intense and fade away gradually
Usage: her resistance melted under his charm; her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance
Similar words: weaken
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
Definition: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
Usage: The scene begins to fade; The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
Similar words: weaken
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
Synonyms: mellow, mellow out, melt
Definition: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
Usage: With age, he mellowed
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, dissolve, melt
Definition: become or cause to become soft or liquid
Usage: 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
Similar words: liquefy, liquify, flux
Definition: become liquid or fluid when heated
Usage: the frozen fat liquefied
Definition: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
Usage: Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene
Similar words: conflate, mix, meld, merge, immix, fuse, flux, coalesce, combine, commingle, blend
Definition: mix together different elements
Usage: The colors blend well
Synonyms: melt, melt down, run
Definition: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Usage: melt butter; melt down gold; The wax melted in the sun
Similar words: break up, resolve, dissolve
Definition: cause to go into a solution
Usage: The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water