- melt
- [[t]me̱lt[/t]]
melts, melting, melted1) V-ERG When a solid substance melts or when you melt it, it changes to a liquid, usually because it has been heated.
The snow had melted, but the lake was still frozen solid...
[V n] Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water...
[V-ed] Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour.
2) VERB If something such as your feelings melt, they suddenly disappear and you no longer feel them. [LITERARY]His anxiety about the outcome melted, to return later but not yet...
He would have struggled but his strength had melted.
Melt away means the same as melt.V P
When he heard these words, Shinran felt his inner doubts melt away.3) VERB If a person or thing melts into something such as darkness or a crowd of people, they become difficult to see, for example because they are moving away from you or are the same colour as the background. [LITERARY][V into n] The youths dispersed and melted into the darkness...
[V into n] The squadron's armour is draped in sand-coloured nets that melt into the landscape.
Syn:4) V-ERG If someone or something melts your heart, or if your heart melts, you start to feel love or sympathy towards them.[V n] When his lips break into a smile, it is enough to melt any woman's heart...
When a bride walks down the aisle to a stirring tune, even the iciest of hearts melt.
5) N-COUNT: usu n N A melt is a piece of bread which has meat or fish on it, and melted cheese on top. [AM]...a tuna melt.
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English dictionary. 2008.
