melt
/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.
Butter pan.
"Melts" is the form used with he, she, or it.
lunchtime.
"Melted" is the past form of "melt".
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