melt
verb (used without object)
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
have molten
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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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Earth and Venus, the largest terrestrial planets, still have molten interiors even today, some 4.5 billion years after their birth.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Current reactors use uranium and water under high pressure; new ones could run on thorium, plutonium or more exotic materials, and in place of water might have molten metal.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2014
Shall I think It might have molten in my burning heart The thrice-retempered iron of resolve?
From Rosamund, queen of the Lombards, a tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne
