melt

[melt]

Definition:
1. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
2. Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
3. Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
4. Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.

Use 'melt' in a sentence:

1. Their fate is still in the melting pot.
2. The melting ice caused a rise in sea level.
3. The ice will melt when the sun shines on it.
4. Once the sugar dissolves, add the chocolate and melt it.
5. Evidence that an ice-free corridor between two ice sheets developed when the continental ice first began to melt came primarily from radiocarbon dating.
6. The more you lose, the more open water is created, the more warming goes on in that open water during the summer, the less ice forms in the winter, the more melt there is the following summer.
7. Computer simulations of this impact show that both of the objects would melt in the impact and the dense core of the impactor would fall as molten rock into the liquefied iron core of Earth.
8. They are always breaking away from the main caps and floating around, pushed by currents, until they eventually melt and are was ted.
9. At this great height, rocks, warmed by the sun, melt small snowdrifts.
10. Heat will melt iron.
11. Add eye contact to all of these and she will melt.
12. The heat from the flames was so intense that roads melted.
13. The tension in the room began to melt.
14. As the snows melt, the flood waters rise.
15. Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue.
16. She gave him a soft appealing look that would have melted solid ice.
17. As the climate warms (up) the ice caps will melt.
18. His anxiety about the outcome melted, to return later but not yet.
19. Most of the Arctic is covered in snow and ice, which are highly reflective; if snow and ice melt, the exposed soil, which absorbs heat, serves to accelerate warming.
20. Occasionally, a bubble is not removed during refining, a sand grain refuses to melt, a tremor in the tin puts ripples into the glass ribbon.
21. The ice is melting.
22. WFP officials say as the winter snow begins to melt and high mountain paths begin to clear, local leaders and international aid workers are reporting some people are dying of starvation.
23. They are as exact as possible; there is not a fault in them, if they did not melt!
24. When his lips break into a smile, it is enough to melt any woman's heart.
25. In a large microwave-proof dish, melt butter for 20 seconds.
26. The goal was simple, to discover how the species adapted to the kind of heat that can literally melt the bottom of shoes.
27. With the temperature rising, polar ice will melt at a faster rate.
28. The snow had melted, but the lake was still frozen solid.
29. Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.
30. The temperature has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start.
31. The goal was simple: to discover how the species adapted to the kind of heat that can literally melt the bottom of shoes.
32. The ice is beginning to melt.
33. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities.
34. I'd put her on the stove, and she'd melt.
35. Continued bombardments and internal pressures made the growing Earth hotter, causing its interior to melt and the heavier elements to sink and form Earth's core.
36. He would have struggled but his strength had melted.
37. Their tears can melt your heart.
38. Break up the chocolate and melt it.
39. They crack and frizzle. They "weep" out additives. They melt into sludge.
40. It would have been relatively easy for a person with knowledge of metals to melt down bronze objects and forge them into coins.
41. When he heard these words, Scot felt his inner doubts melt away.
42. This could cause the ice caps to melt.
43. First, melt two ounces of butter.
44. Melt the butter over a medium-low heat. When it is melted and bubbly, put in the flour.
45. Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour.
46. The crowd around the bench began to melt away.
47. The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.
48. Drain the pasta and toss it in melted butter.
49. The chocolate is then melted down to exactly the right temperature.
50. Though we have elaborate plans, our determination would still melt away without actions.
51. Her trusting smile melted his heart.
52. Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
53. Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water.
54. At the first sign of trouble, the crowd melted away.
55. The sun had melted the snow.
56. Flames melted a lead pipe and ignited leaking gas.
57. The snow was beginning to melt.
58. So much snow has already melted away.