melt
verb (used without object)
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
have melted
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present perfectof melt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Almost all the basins have melted out really fast,” Swain said, describing it as a signature of the warming climate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
"The windows have melted in the heat in rooms that were saved from fire."
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
An estimated 11,000 sq miles or 28,707 sq kilometres of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades, according to a major analysis of historic satellite records.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
“I suppose I have melted my own Freeze with this small change in my behavior.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
Her heart would have melted, she’d have smoothed the hair back from his forehead, kissed him on the ear, and not just to get something out of him either.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
