melt

Definition

  • noun: a sandwich made with melted cheese
  • verb: to change or to cause (something) to change from a solid to a liquid usually because of heat
  • verb: to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat
  • often + 'away'
  • synonyms: soften, liquefy, fuse

Examples

  • It would have 'melted your heart' [=it would have filled you with compassion, sympathy, etc.] to see her lying in that hospital bed.

  • Her anger 'melted away' when she saw that he was truly sorry.

  • He seemed to 'melt into' thin air. [=he seemed to disappear]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) it sucked all the reactors dry. It's done feeding. What's this? Jesus, it's the same pattern. Fifteen years ago, it's what caused the melt down! It was an electro magnetic pulse. That's what it's building to... converting all that radiation until it hatches. You have to shut down. (..)
    2014 Godzilla