Melted Melt Melting Ice Butter Verb Snow Showed

• the snow showed no sign of melting.
• melting ice
• the sun had melted the snow.
• boiled potatoes with melted butter

melt

Verb Forms

1. to become or make something become liquid as a result of heating
• COMPARE defrost
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/defrost
• The snow showed no sign of melting.
• melting ice
• The sun had melted the snow.
• boiled potatoes with melted butter
• melted cheese/chocolate/ice cream
• First, melt two ounces of butter.

Extra Examples

• The melting ice caps could provoke widespread flooding.
• Add melted butter and season with salt and pepper.
• These crystals have very high melting temperatures.
2. to become or to make a feeling, an emotion, etc. become gentler and less strong
• The tension in the room began to melt.
• Her trusting smile melted his heart.
3. to become extremely hot
• Today the temperature got up to 36 degrees and it felt like I was melting.
4. used to say that somebody seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really
5. to be soft and very good to eat
• They serve steaks that just melt in your mouth.

Word Origin

• Old English meltan, mieltan, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse melta ‘to malt, digest’, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek meldein ‘to melt’, Latin mollis ‘soft’, also by malt.