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

  • (..) So, where's Hans? What happened to your kiss? I was wrong about him. It wasn't true love. Huh. But we ran all the way here? Please Olaf, you can't stay here, you'll melt. I am not leaving here until we find ...some other act of true love to save you. Do you happen to have any ideas? (..)
    2013 Frozen
  • (..) between the two absolutely identical belts"... and you should have seen the look she gave me! I thought the flesh was gonna melt off her face. It's not funny. She's not happy unless everyone around her is panicked, nauseous or suicidal. And the Clackers just worship her. - The who? (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada
  • (..) down the mountains, gouging out deep valleys. They're the most powerful erosive force on our planet. A moulin - a shaft in the ice opened by melt water as it plunges into the depths of the glacier. Like the water running through it, the ice itself is constantly moving, flowing down the valley (..)
    2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: Mountains Season: 1 Episode 2