melt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To turn from solid into liquid, usually because of heat.

   I melted some butter in the pan to make the sauce.

2. 2
   verb

   To gradually disappear or fade away.

   His anger melted away as soon as he saw her smile.

3. 3
   verb

   To be filled with warm, tender feelings.

   She melted when she read the loving message in the card.

Common collocations

• melt ice Verb + noun

From Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *maltijaną, both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to digest”).

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