Molten

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melted} (obs.) p. p. {Molten};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Melting}.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr.
     me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf.
     {Smelt}, v., {Malt}, {Milt} the spleen.]
     1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to
        liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or


        snow.
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     2. Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to
        relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences;
        sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of;
        to weaken.
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              Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.
                                                    --Shak.
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              For pity melts the mind to love.      --Dryden.
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     Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Molten \Mol"ten\, a. [See {Melt}.]
     1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid
        state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten
        iron.
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     2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of
        which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  melt
       n : the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a
           liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
           that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey
           takes several hours" [syn: {thaw}, {thawing}, {melting}]
       v 1: 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: {run}, {melt
            down}]
       2: 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: {dissolve}, {thaw}, {unfreeze}, {unthaw}, {dethaw}]
       3: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he
          mellowed" [syn: {mellow}, {mellow out}]
       4: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;
          "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn: {meld}]
       5: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear
          gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The
          tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" [syn: {fade}]
       6: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance
          melted under his charm" [syn: {disappear}]
       [also: {molten}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  molten
       adj : reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock"
             [syn: {liquefied}, {liquified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  molten
       See {melt}