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# melt

«melt» in Mova's school dictionary: **to change from a solid into a liquid because of heat: ice…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (melt, melts, melted, melting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To melt is to change from a solid into a liquid because of heat: ice melts into water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#m1)

2) To melt can mean to soften or disappear slowly: «The crowd melted away». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#m2)

3) To melt someone's heart is to make them feel loving and kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, melting is a change of state: a solid gets warm enough to become a liquid; the temperature where this happens is its melting point (ice melts at 0 °C). Melting can be reversed by cooling (freezing). In cooking, butter and chocolate melt. In stories, «her heart melted» means she became kind. Phrases: «melt away», «melt in your mouth», «melting pot».

### examples

- The snowman melted in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x1)
- Ice melts at zero degrees Celsius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x2)
- Melt the butter in a pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x3)
- My ice cream is melting — eat it fast! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x4)
- Chocolate melts in your hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x5)
- The puppy's big eyes melted her heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x6)
- Melting ice at the poles makes sea levels rise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x7)
- Wax melts when the candle burns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x8)
- Crediting them with a nobler feeling Wendy melted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/#x9)

### note

Melting is not the same as dissolving: sugar dissolves in water (mixes in), ice melts (turns liquid from heat). The opposite of melt is freeze or set. «Molten» is used for very hot melted rock or metal: molten lava.

### In the corpora

- [Atoms are not destroyed when ice melts or a smell spreads; the same atoms just move about and change partners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/1-what-is-everything-made-of/3/)
- [Ice melts at 0 °C; chocolate melts at about 34 °C, just below the temperature inside your mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/5/)
- [Real volcanoes erupt melted rock pushed by hot gases deep underground, not by vinegar and soda.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/12/)
- [Popping candy works differently: gas is trapped inside hard sugar and pops out as the sugar melts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/16/)
- [Ice cream is stirred while freezing so the ice crystals stay tiny; melted and refrozen ice cream grows big crystals and feels crunchy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «melt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.