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• v  reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
  The wax melted in the sun
• v  become or cause to become soft or liquid
  The sun melted the ice
  the ice cream melted
  The heat melted the wax
• v  become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
• v  lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
• v  become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
• v  become less intense and fade away gradually
  her resistance melted under his charm
• a  changed from a solid to a liquid state
  rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow

• The 100 others have simply melted away, dropping out in a slow, steady bleed that has left the town wondering how it could have let down so many of its kids.
• Today those jeers have melted to mild sarcasm.
• Repeat the layering sequence: Drop more soaked bread into each glass, drizzle over it the chocolate sauce from the tray and the remaining melted chocolate.

• melt
• run
• melt down
• dissolve
• thaw
• unfreeze
• unthaw
• dethaw
• mellow
• mellow out
• meld
• fade
• disappear
• evaporate
• liquid
• liquified

• unmelted

News & Articles

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• Fire damages East Johnson Street home (video, story)
  The Fond du Lac Communications Center received a call at 9:55 p.m. of a fire in the rear of a building at 111 E. Johnson St. on Thursday night. A fire "extensively" melted the vinyl siding in the rear of the home, and destroyed a garbage and a recycling tote, Fond du Lac Fire Department Chief Peter O'Leary said.
  June 14, 2013 - Fond du Lac Reporter
• Louisa business deal heads deep south
  The ice has melted on Project Ice Water, the code name economic development officials used when referring to FEUER Powertrain of Nordhauser, Germany, the third largest privately- held crankshaft manufacturing plant in the world.
  June 13, 2013 - The Central Virginian
• Louisa business deal heads deep south
  The ice has melted on Project Ice Water, the code name economic development officials used when referring to FEUER Powertrain of Nordhauser, Germany, the third largest privately- held crankshaft manufacturing plant in the world.
  June 13, 2013 - The Central Virginian

Quotes

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• Dirk Kempthorne in The New American
  Today's decision is based on three findings,Kempthorne said, explaining the government's logic. "First, sea ice is vital to polar bear survival. Second, the polar bear's sea-ice habitat has dramatically melted in recent decades. Third,...
• Ron Perlman in CNN
  Putting that few inches of rubber between me and the camera sort of freed me up to be more me than I was able to be as me. Little by little as I've gotten older, those concerns have kind of melted away,the 58-year-old Perlman said. "I'm...
• Ben Howland in ESPN
  I thought Southern Illinois was going to be a very good team, and they are a very good team,Howland said. "They're very much like us, very young with a blend of older guys." "We melted down from there. We missed assignments...