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Definition of Melt off
1. Verb. Take off weight.
Specialized synonyms: Sweat Off
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Antonyms: Gain
Derivative terms: Reducing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melt Off
Literary usage of Melt off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... melt off; Af'tai. ... 1. to finish melting; 2. . fra) to melt (off). [quation.
, (u>.) /. ..."
2. A German and English Dictionary by Karl. Breul (1906)
"to melt off, away, or down. II. reg. ra to separate by ol'Obt, fn. fusible wire,
... melting ; to clarify ; to melt off. ..."
3. Mass: The Art of John Harris by Ron Tiner, John Harris (1883)
"T. And what will melt off the panes ? C. The ice pictures will melt off the panes.
T. What will make them melt ? C. Our warm breath will make them melt. ..."
4. The Protection of Railroads from Overhead Transmission Line Crossings by Frank Fuller Fowle (1909)
"(f) A broken or punctured insulator will permit the formation of an arc between
the phase-wire and the pin or cross-arm, which may melt off the wire and ..."
5. Applied Electricity for Practical Men by Arthur John Rowland (1916)
"10 copper wire will melt off with about 335 amp. through it, while a lead wire
of the same size melts off with about 42 amp. ..."
6. A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Campbell Morfit (1856)
"This operation requires care and expertness; and, if it happens that the tallow
is not sufficiently hot to melt off the excessive suet, the action of the ..."
7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"Whole ranks melt off; groans, shrieks peal up ; stern thunder shakes the ground:
Man's heart is now but the tiger's heart* his step but the tiger's bound ..."
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