/melt/

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Meaning

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

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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 taught in chapter 27, lesson 8: melt, guilt, tune and 7 more words.