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