melt

/melt/ verb

Translation

BECOME LIQUID [I, T] › If something melts, it changes from a solid into a liquid because of heat and if you melt something, you heat it until it becomes liquid.

erimek, eritmek

The sun soon melted the ice on the pond. The chocolate had melted in my pocket. melted cheese1277782

EMOTION [I] › to start to feel love or sympathy, especially after feeling angry

kızgınlıktan sonra yumuşamak, erimek; sevgi hissetmek

When he smiles at me, I just melt. → See also butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth1027

melt away phrasal verb

› to disappear

gözden kaybolmak, dağılmak, yok olmak

Then I saw her and all my fears just melted away.1084

melt sth down phrasal verb

› If you melt something down, especially a metal object, you heat it until it changes to liquid.

(metal) eritmek

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(Definition of melt verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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