Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
MELT
thaw, melt, thawing, melting
(noun) 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”
fade, melt
(verb) 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
(verb) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; “With age, he mellowed”
dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
(verb) 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
(verb) lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; “Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene”
melt, run, melt down
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
melt (countable and uncountable, plural melts)
Molten material, the product of melting.
The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
A melt sandwich.
A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
(UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
Verb
melt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past (rare) molt or melted, past participle molten or melted)
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
(intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
(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.
(intransitive) To be discouraged.
(intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
(intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
Synonyms
• (change from solid to liquid): to found, to thaw
Source: Wiktionary
Melt, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See 2d Milt.
Melt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melted (obs.) p. p. Molten; p. pr. & vb. n. Melting.] Etym: [AS. meltan; akin to Gr. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. Smelt, v., Malt, Milt the spleen.]
1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to mell wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.
2. Hence: 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. Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. Shak. For pity melts the mind to love. Dryden.
Syn.
– To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
Melt, v. i.
1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.
2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear. My soul melteth for heaviness. Ps. cxix. 28. Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. Shak.
4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other. J. C. Shairp.
5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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