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verb | noun meltmelt1 /mɛlt/ ●●● S2 verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYmelt1Origin: Old English meltan VERB TABLEmelt |
Present | I, you, we, they | melt | | he, she, it | melts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | melted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have melted | | he, she, it | has melted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had melted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will melt | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have melted |
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Present | I | am melting | | he, she, it | is melting | | you, we, they | are melting | Past | I, he, she, it | was melting | | you, we, they | were melting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been melting | | he, she, it | has been melting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been melting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be melting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been melting |
► melt your heart Just seeing those little kids smile would melt your heart (=make you suddenly feel very sympathetic). 1 science if something solid melts or if heat melts it, it becomes liquid → freeze: The snow was beginning to melt. Melt the butter in a frying pan.2to feel or to make someone feel more love, sympathy, etc. than before: I just melt whenever I see him. Just seeing those little kids smile would melt your heart (=make you suddenly feel very sympathetic).3melt in your mouth if food melts in your mouth, it is soft and tastes good [Origin: Old English meltan]melt away phrasal verb1 melt (something ↔) away to disappear gradually, or to make something do this: Exercise will help those pounds melt away.2 if a crowd of people melts away, the people gradually leavemelt something ↔ down phrasal verb science to heat a metal object until it becomes a liquid, especially so that you can use the metal again: The metal from the weapons will be melted down.melt into something phrasal verb1to gradually become a part of something or change into something else so that there is no difference any more: Some ethnic groups quickly melted into the general American population.2to gradually become hidden by something: Sam melted into the woods. verb | noun meltmelt2 noun [countable] ► patty/tuna/veggie melt a turkey melt and French fries 1a type of sandwich that has melted cheese on it: patty/tuna/veggie melt a turkey melt and French fries2the water that flows out of an area as snow melts, or the time when this happens |