melt

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  1. intransitive verb To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
  2. intransitive verb To dissolve: Sugar melts in water.
  3. intransitive verb To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The crowd melted away after the rally.
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  • Books beat chocolate because they don't melt, and they top magazines because the purchaser receives his goodies right away. —  WritersWeekly.com - Freelance Writing Ezine
  • Antarctic and Greenland ice will melt, and ocean levels will climb about 300 feet, but Antarctica and Australia will remain separated from the supercontinent by an inland sea. —  California Literary Review
  • It is these poorly maintained arenas that run the risk of ice-melt, or cracking, leading to a serious risk of drowning for indoor hockey players. —  The Toque
  • This caused the ice to melt, and the players fell through the thin ice when the players gathered for a face-off. —  The Toque
  • As glaciers and ice sheets melt, they can raise overall ocean levels and swamp low-lying areas. —  GREENIE WATCH
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melt:   molten ·  melting ·  melted ·  melts
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English melten, from Old English meltan; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English melten (preterit malt, past participle molten), from Anglo-Saxon meltan, miltan (preterit mealt, past participle molten), melt, = Icelandic melta, melt, digest; Greek μέλδειν, liquefy, melt; cf. Old Bulgarian mludǔ, soft. Akin to malt, milt.
  2. from melt, v.
 

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