melt
/mɛlt/ verb B1- To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. · I melted butter to make a cake.· When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
- To dissolve, disperse, vanish. · His troubles melted away.
- 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.
- To be discouraged.
- To be emotionally softened or touched. · She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.· My heart melted when I first heard the song.
- To be very hot and sweat profusely. · I need shade! I'm melting!
Plural melt · He/she/it melts · Past melted · Past participle melted · -ing form melting
Verb forms
- Base form
- melt
- He/she/it
- melts
- Past
- melted
- Past participle
- melted
- -ing form
- melting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I separated the fat from the meat served to me, melted it, and so made oil—here is my lamp.” So saying, the abbé exhibited a sort of torch very similar to those used in public illuminations.
Anne promptly let go of her candle and plate in her surprise, and plate, candle, and apples crashed together down the cellar ladder and were found at the bottom embedded in melted grease, the next day, by Marilla, who gathered them up and thanked mercy the house hadn’t been set on fire.
“In a minute I shall melt away.”
“I’m very sorry, indeed,” said Dorothy, who was truly frightened to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes.
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