Melt
verb
Change something from a solid to a liquid form usually by heating it.
The ice cream melted in the sun.
Often appears as...
- the butter melts
- the chocolate melts
verb
If you melt into something, you gradually become part of it.
The light of the sun melted into the natural beauty of the land.
Often appears as...
- melt into the crowd
- melt into the background
verb
To disappear or make something disappear.
Her fears melted away after she talked to her parents.
Often appears as...
- fears melt away
- worries melt away
verb
To feel a strong emotional reaction of love or sympathy.
He melted at her kind words.
Often appears as...
- melt at her smile
- melt at his touch
verb
Change something from a solid to a liquid form usually by heating it.
The ice cream melted in the sun.
Often appears as...
- the butter melts
- the chocolate melts
verb
If you melt into something, you gradually become part of it.
The light of the sun melted into the natural beauty of the land.
Often appears as...
- melt into the crowd
- melt into the background
verb
To disappear or make something disappear.
Her fears melted away after she talked to her parents.
Often appears as...
- fears melt away
- worries melt away
verb
To feel a strong emotional reaction of love or sympathy.
He melted at her kind words.
Often appears as...
- melt at her smile
- melt at his touch
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Pro Tip 1/3Heat Required
Most often, 'melt' involves heat to change a solid to liquid.
The cheese will melt once you heat up the pizza.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Occurrence
Melting can happen naturally, like with ice in warm weather.
Watch the ice cubes melt on the sidewalk.
Pro Tip 3/3Used Metaphorically
Describes something losing form or structure, not always literal melting.
Their defenses melted under the comedian's wit.
Pro Tip 1/3Heat Required
Most often, 'melt' involves heat to change a solid to liquid.
The cheese will melt once you heat up the pizza.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Occurrence
Melting can happen naturally, like with ice in warm weather.
Watch the ice cubes melt on the sidewalk.
Pro Tip 3/3Used Metaphorically
Describes something losing form or structure, not always literal melting.
Their defenses melted under the comedian's wit.
Pro Tip 1/3Heat Required
Most often, 'melt' involves heat to change a solid to liquid.
The cheese will melt once you heat up the pizza.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Occurrence
Melting can happen naturally, like with ice in warm weather.
Watch the ice cubes melt on the sidewalk.
Pro Tip 3/3Used Metaphorically
Describes something losing form or structure, not always literal melting.
Their defenses melted under the comedian's wit.
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Video examples
Filming The World's...
melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest which is really really dense you can hear them a long way away you hear that deep lovely noise and partly you feel it and going through your body
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What really happens to...
It gets better. The blocks are shredded into tiny pieces, which are washed and melted, so they become the raw materials that can be used again. As if by magic, bottle three is now ready to be reborn as something completely new. For this bit of plastic with such humble origins,
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Bye Bye Runway PIPE Life...
time it took to unload the plane over two feet of water has made its way onto the runway runway is how people get in and out it's how supplies get in and out it's how fuel gets in and out the runway is life out here with this warm temperature everything melts out so fast
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What’s so great about...
These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange
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The colossal consequences...
characterized by a volume of erupted material, many times greater than that of ordinary volcanoes. And while the popular image of volcanic destruction is molten rock engulfing the surrounding land, far greater devastation is caused by what remains in the air.
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Filming Antarctica's...
were working every day the sun sun's influence was getting more and more the surface of the ice in some areas especially areas say where the the ice was that little bit thinner we were starting to see formations of kind of like puddles of melted water
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The Antarctic's...
around the world than any other region on earth and what we're seeing is that ice all over the continent is melting and with that we're going to get sea levels rising but we're also going to see huge problems for the wildlife living in
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How DARPA is creating...
good evening this is a circuit that melts away when its work is done and here is a tool that delves into the deep web and the dark web to find human traffickers these are the kinds of
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The best kindergarten...
You never melt in rain. So, children are supposed to be outside. So that is how we should treat them. This is how they divide classrooms. They are supposed to help teachers.
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What is entropy? - Jeff...
There's a concept that's crucial to chemistry and physics. It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the why ice melts,
Video examples
Filming The World's...
melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest which is really really dense you can hear them a long way away you hear that deep lovely noise and partly you feel it and going through your body
Video examples
What really happens to...
It gets better. The blocks are shredded into tiny pieces, which are washed and melted, so they become the raw materials that can be used again. As if by magic, bottle three is now ready to be reborn as something completely new. For this bit of plastic with such humble origins,
Video examples
Bye Bye Runway PIPE Life...
time it took to unload the plane over two feet of water has made its way onto the runway runway is how people get in and out it's how supplies get in and out it's how fuel gets in and out the runway is life out here with this warm temperature everything melts out so fast
Video examples
What’s so great about...
These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange
Video examples
The colossal consequences...
characterized by a volume of erupted material, many times greater than that of ordinary volcanoes. And while the popular image of volcanic destruction is molten rock engulfing the surrounding land, far greater devastation is caused by what remains in the air.
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
were working every day the sun sun's influence was getting more and more the surface of the ice in some areas especially areas say where the the ice was that little bit thinner we were starting to see formations of kind of like puddles of melted water
Video examples
The Antarctic's...
around the world than any other region on earth and what we're seeing is that ice all over the continent is melting and with that we're going to get sea levels rising but we're also going to see huge problems for the wildlife living in
Video examples
How DARPA is creating...
good evening this is a circuit that melts away when its work is done and here is a tool that delves into the deep web and the dark web to find human traffickers these are the kinds of
Video examples
The best kindergarten...
You never melt in rain. So, children are supposed to be outside. So that is how we should treat them. This is how they divide classrooms. They are supposed to help teachers.
Video examples
What is entropy? - Jeff...
There's a concept that's crucial to chemistry and physics. It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the why ice melts,
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Quote examples
Jenna Johnson
American Athlete
Sometimes learning simple little steps kind of gives couples a pattern that they can follow, and they feel a bit more confident. I literally melt every time I help a couple with their first dance, and they're not dancers.
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Lindsey Stirling
American Musician
Online is such an important platform... it's all one giant melting pot of talents. The times are changing. It's just art now. You can share your audiences with everyone, and it's exciting.
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Alex Lifeson
Canadian Musician
When I sit down and play guitar, I melt into the instrument. I can play for hours by myself. Playing guitar has given me such a wonderful life, and I'm grateful for it.
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Colin Salmon
British Actor
I love 'Babette's Feast' because of the message in it - an artist will never be poor, and you can melt the coldest heart with love and passion.
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Priyanka Chopra
Indian Actress
I think great skin is always important. With lots of makeup, by the end of the night, you look like you're melting!
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David Caruso
American Actor
Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.
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Rick Scott
American Politician
In Florida, we're the best melting pot in the world. We love everybody coming to our state.
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Paul Morand
French Diplomat
Mirrors are ice which do not melt: what melts are those who admire themselves in them.
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Roz Chast
American Cartoonist
My life is so boring that your brains are going to melt and come out of your eyes.
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Tiger Woods
American Golfer
America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.
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Jenna Johnson
American Athlete
Sometimes learning simple little steps kind of gives couples a pattern that they can follow, and they feel a bit more confident. I literally melt every time I help a couple with their first dance, and they're not dancers.
Quote examples
Lindsey Stirling
American Musician
Online is such an important platform... it's all one giant melting pot of talents. The times are changing. It's just art now. You can share your audiences with everyone, and it's exciting.
Quote examples
Alex Lifeson
Canadian Musician
When I sit down and play guitar, I melt into the instrument. I can play for hours by myself. Playing guitar has given me such a wonderful life, and I'm grateful for it.
Quote examples
Colin Salmon
British Actor
I love 'Babette's Feast' because of the message in it - an artist will never be poor, and you can melt the coldest heart with love and passion.
Quote examples
Priyanka Chopra
Indian Actress
I think great skin is always important. With lots of makeup, by the end of the night, you look like you're melting!
Quote examples
David Caruso
American Actor
Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.
Quote examples
Rick Scott
American Politician
In Florida, we're the best melting pot in the world. We love everybody coming to our state.
Quote examples
Paul Morand
French Diplomat
Mirrors are ice which do not melt: what melts are those who admire themselves in them.
Quote examples
Roz Chast
American Cartoonist
My life is so boring that your brains are going to melt and come out of your eyes.
Quote examples
Tiger Woods
American Golfer
America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.
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