melt

verb

ˈmelt How to pronounce melt (audio)
Definition of meltnext
1
as in to disappear
to cease to be visible the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun

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2
as in to thaw
to go from a solid to a liquid state a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter

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Recent Examples of melt In one case, the refrigerator's temperature was raised overnight, leaving masses of food melted and wilted by morning. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 In 2016, Nature put before-and-after PET scans from an early study on its cover, showing that, as the dose increased, bright patches marking amyloid seemed to melt away. — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 Gradually pour in 3½ cups buttermilk, then melted butter, stirring constantly until combined. — Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026 If temperatures climb enough for the snow to melt, premature germination may also occur. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for melt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt
  1. disappear
  2. thaw
  3. vanish
  4. liquefy
  5. fade
  6. soften
  7. dissolve
  8. fuse
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  • Somebody had to be the responsible parent and get the kids to school instead of disappearing around the back roads of Rockport, Texas until four in the morning.
    — Kevin Fanady, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Supermassive black holes in distant galaxies can flare powerfully, appearing and then disappearing from view as well.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of disappear
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  • The bakery offers raw frozen pies to be baked at home and baked frozen pies to be thawed.
    — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The ice may be thawing in the United States-Canada trade negotiations as the former heads into a contentious midterm season and the latter grapples with a flagging export economy.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of thaw
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  • In 2022, notorious FTX cofounder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was dropped from the billionaires ranking after 94% of his fortune vanished in a single day.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Fusiliers stream overhead in huge numbers, while a white-tip reef shark patrols the wall before vanishing into the endless blue below.
    — Avantika Chaturvedi, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of vanish
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  • Eventually, the tank pressure results in venting losses of the hydrogen that has already been produced, liquefied, transported, and purchased.
    — Josh McMorrow, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The gas can always be liquefied and exported around the world to an energy-needy globe.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of liquefy
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  • Outside that period, stations are allowed to use a winter blend, which is cheaper to produce, explaining why prices often fade in the fall.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Oil prices have fallen sharply in recent days on hopes that the Iran conflict is fading, and gas costs are falling this month.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of fade
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  • And the activists’ friends become concerned, urging them to soften the rhetoric.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2026
  • As Walter, Carman Lacivita has to be a pompous jerk for a lot of this play then must soften for scenes of genuine compassion and personal growth.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of soften
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  • Earlier this year Greg Dalli co-founded the company Afterglow Science, which manufactures strips with peptides and other supplements that dissolve in the mouth.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The military and police would answer to civilians, the political police would be dissolved, and Chinese and Russian intelligence services would leave.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of dissolve
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  • The core plasma must stay searingly hot for atomic nuclei to fuse, but the surrounding chamber walls must stay cool enough to avoid structural failure.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • And while unstable coalitions repeatedly fused and dissolved in the halls of power, outside these halls pipes burst and roads crumbled.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2026
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