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Melt

See 2d Milt.

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Verb group 6

Bleed 84% connected

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bleed 84% connected

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Mellow 84% connected

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Mellow 84% connected

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 17

Blend 76% connected

To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coalesce 76% connected

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Combine 76% connected

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical u…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commingle 76% connected

To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conflate 76% connected

To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dissolve 76% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flux 76% connected

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fuse 76% connected

To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Heating 76% connected

of Heat

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Immix 76% connected

To mix; to mingle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Liquefy 76% connected

To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Merge 76% connected

To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mix 76% connected

To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or b…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Warming 76% connected

of Warm

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Deliquesce 76% connected

To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fuse 76% connected

To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Disintegrable 74% connected

Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disintegrable 74% connected

Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thaw 74% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thaw 74% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 10

Disappear 92% connected

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the appr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dissolve 92% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Evaporate 92% connected

To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fade 92% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mellow 92% connected

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Melting 92% connected

of Melt

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Run 92% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thaw 92% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thawing 92% connected

of Thaw

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unfreeze 92% connected

To thaw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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