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smelte homograph 2

verbverb

to melt

EtymologyOpphav

beslektet med melteto digest related to melteto digest

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. få til å bli flytende to cause to become liquid
    • smelte snø to melt snow
  2. bli flytende to become liquid
    • smøret smeltet i sola the butter melted in the sun
    • isen smelter bort the ice is melting away
  3. bli bløtgjort to be softened
    • hun smeltet helt da hun så hvor ulykkelig han var she melted completely when she saw how unhappy he was

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

smelte sammen forene seg;
gå i ett to unite;
to become one Eng. phraseto merge
  • kulturer smelter sammen cultures blend together