English-Dutch translations for melt

  • smelten
    Gletsjers smelten niet overal. Glaciers are not melting everywhere. Je hoeft dus niet zo vaak munten om te smelten en opnieuw te slaan. You do not have to melt coins down so often and mint new ones. Het smelten van het ijs veroorzaakt onvoorspelbare veranderingen van zeestromingen. At the same time, the melting of the ice has caused unforeseen changes in sea currents.
  • versmelten
    Ons Europa, waarin culturen, talen en mensen met elkaar versmelten, wordt mogelijk dankzij vrij verkeer en studieprogramma's. Our Europe, that melting pot of cultures, languages and people, is possible thanks to free movement and study programmes.

Definition of melt

  • Molten material, the product of melting
  • The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions
  • A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water
  • To change from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat
  • To dissolve, disperse, vanish
  • To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken
  • To be discouraged
  • To be very hot and sweat profusely

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Examples

  • I melted butter to make a cake.
  • When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
  • His troubles melted away.
  • She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentines Day card.
  • I need shade! Im melting!

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