Melt Melted Melting Snow Sign Ice Sun Verb

• the snow showed no sign of melting.
• melting ice
• the sun had melted the snow.
• first, melt two ounces of butter.

melt

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.
• First, melt two ounces of butter.
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. used to say that somebody seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really
4. to be soft and very good to eat
• They serve steaks that just melt in your mouth.

Extra Examples

• The crowd had melted away.
• The ground seemed to melt under our feet.
• The snow was beginning to melt.
• All her anger and hurt melted away in his embrace.
• At the first sign of trouble, his supporters melted away.
• Before the boy’s incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air.
• The melting ice caps could provoke widespread flooding.
• The sun had melted the ice.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they melt
• he / she / it melts
• past simple melted
• past participle melted
• -ing form melting

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.