transitive. To melt down (metal). Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To liquefy (metal) by heat; to melt down, cast. Also intransitive: (of metal) to become molten through heat (rare). Obsolete.

(Also with adverbs: see senses to melt away to melt down to melt in to melt up at phrasal verbs.) intransitive. To liquefy metal, etc., by heat…

transitive. To soften (iron, wax, etc.) by heating; to melt. Also intransitive for passive. Obsolete.

transitive. To liquefy (metal or a metal object) by heat for use as a raw material; to render (fat, etc.); (humorously in extended use) to convert…

To fuse, melt down (metal). Obsolete.

transitive. To melt down into a lump.

To subject (metal) to partial fusion; to fasten or join by applying heat so as to produce partial fusion; in Metallurgy, to heat so as to melt and…

transitive. = to melt down at sense 3c.