word | melt |
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definition | verb 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. If something such as your feelings melt, they suddenly disappear and you no longer feel them. His anxiety about the outcome melted, to return later but not yet. He would have struggled but his strength had melted. When he heard these words, Shinran felt his inner doubts melt away. 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 . The youths dispersed and melted into the darkness. The squadron's armour is draped in sand-coloured nets that melt into the landscape. 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. noun A melt is a piece of bread which has meat or fish on it, and melted cheese on top . ...a tuna melt. |
inflections | meltsmeltingmelted |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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