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melt into

phrasal verb

Definition of melt into

: to become difficult or impossible to see by changing into or becoming combined with (something else)
  • The colors in the painting melt into one another.
  • Her frown melted into a smile.
  • She melted into the crowd.

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  1. : to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat

  2. : dissolve, disintegrate

  3. : to disappear as if by dissolving

  1. : material in the molten state

  2. : the mass melted at a single operation or the quantity melted during a specified period

  3. : the action or process of melting or the period during which it occurs

  1. : spleen

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