transcription, транскрипция: [ melt ]
( melts, melting, melted)
1.
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...
Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water...
Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour.
VERB : V , V n , V-ed
2.
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...
= dissolve
VERB : V
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Melt away means the same as melt .
When he heard these words, Shinran felt his inner doubts melt away.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
3.
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 )
The youths dispersed and melted into the darkness...
= disappear
VERB : V into n
4.
If someone or something melts your heart, or if your heart melts , you start to feel love or sympathy towards them.
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.
VERB : V n , V