crying weeping tears | the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds), I hate to hear the crying of a child, she was in tears |
crucible melting pot | a vessel made of material that does not melt easily, used for high temperature chemical reactions |
freezing point melting point | the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid |
| crocodile tears | a hypocritical display of sorrow, false or insincere weeping, the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma, politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed |
| melting pot | an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated |
| Job's tears | hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass, often used as beads |
baby's tears baby tears Helxine soleirolia Soleirolia soleirolii | prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves |
thaw melt thawing melting | 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 |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
| melt a disappear a evaporate | become less intense and fade away gradually, her resistance melted under his charm, her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance |
| fade melt | 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 |
| mellow melt mellow out | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial, With age, he mellowed |
dissolve thaw unfreeze unthaw dethaw melt | 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 |
| melt meld | lose its distinct outline or shape, blend gradually, Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene |
melt run melt down | 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 |
liquescent melting | becoming liquid |
melted liquid liquified | changed from a solid to a liquid state, rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow |