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smelten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
  • fuse noun A safety device containing a component that melts to break an electrical circuit if the current is too high.
  • fusion noun The act or result of combining separate things into one.
  • melt verb To turn from a solid into a liquid through heat.
  • relent verb To finally agree to something after initially refusing, or to become less harsh.
  • smelt noun A small silvery fish found in cold ocean waters and lakes.
  • smelting noun The process of heating ore to extract pure metal from it.

Senses

smelten is used for these senses in English:

  • dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
  • fuse (transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
  • fusion The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
  • melt (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
  • melt (transitive, figurative) 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.
  • relent (dated, intransitive, of substance) To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield, for example by dissolving or melting
  • smelt Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
  • smelting (metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

fuse — full definition

  1. noun A safety device containing a component that melts to break an electrical circuit if the current is too high.
  2. verb To melt or blend together, especially under heat.
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