A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"You"ll get your chance in court," said the sergeant.
"No, no no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I"ve been trying to do that for years!"
v. - become liquefied or change to liquid by the action of heat; dissolve.
- (as molten adj.) (esp. Of metals etc.) Liquefied by heat (molten lava; molten lead).
- (of food) be delicious, seeming to dissolve in the mouth.
- soften, or (of a person, the heart, etc.) Be softened, by pity, love, etc. (a melting look).
- (usu. Foll. By into) merge imperceptibly; change into (night melted into dawn).
- (often foll. By away) (of a person) leave or disappear unobtrusively (melted into the background). melt away disappear by or as if by liquefaction. Melt down 1 melt (esp. Metal) for reuse.
- become liquid and lose structure. [old english]
MEMO
n. (pl. -s) colloq. Memorandum. [abbreviation]
MEND
—v. - restore to good condition; repair.
- regain health.
- improve (mend matters). —n. Darn or repair in material etc. mend one's ways reform oneself. On the mend recovering, esp. In health. [anglo-french: related to *amend]
MENS
rea n. Law criminal intent. [latin, = guilty mind]
MENT
suffix 1 forming nouns expressing the means or result of verbal action (abridgement; embankment).
- forming nouns from adjectives (merriment; oddment). [latin -mentum]
MENU
n. - list of dishes available in a restaurant etc., or to be served at a meal.
- computing list of options displayed on a vdu. [latin: related to *minute2]
MERE
attrib. Adj. (merest) being solely or only what is specified (a mere boy; no mere theory). merely adv. [latin merus unmixed]
- n. Dial. Or poet. Lake. [old english]
- n. Dial. Or poet. Lake. [old english]
MESH
—n. - network fabric or structure.
- each of the open spaces in a net or sieve etc.
- (in pl.) A network. B snare. —v. - (often foll. By with) (of the teeth of a wheel) be engaged.
- be harmonious.
- catch in a net. in mesh (of the teeth of wheels) engaged. [dutch]
MESO
comb. Form middle, intermediate. [greek mesos middle]
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