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/melt/

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Translation

To change from something hard into a liquid when it gets warm, the way ice turns to water.

Word origin

From Old English meltan, meaning to become liquid with heat.

Origin
Old English
Root
meltan

Grammar

Verb typeregular (melt, melts, melted)

Examples

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"Melt" means to change from hard ice into water when it gets warm.

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"Melts" is the form used with he, she, or it.

lunchtime.

"Melted" is the past form of "melt".

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This word is part of lesson 50.