melt

fondre, faire fondre

Devenir liquide ou rendre quelque chose liquide, généralement en le chauffant.

En anglais simple : To become liquid, or make something liquid, usually by heating it.

• The ice will melt soon.
• She melted the butter in a pan.
• Has all the snow melted yet?

Synonymes : liquefy

Contraires : freeze, solidify

Expressions courantes : melt butter, melt chocolate, melt the ice

se dissiper, disparaître

Disparaître peu à peu ou se fondre dans autre chose.

En anglais simple : To gradually disappear or become part of something else.

• Her worries began to melt away.
• The thief melted into the crowd.
• By morning, the mist had melted away.

Comment l'utiliser : melt away (The tension melted away after we talked.); melt into something (His figure melted into the darkness.)

Synonymes : fade, disappear, vanish

Contraires : appear

Expressions courantes : melt away, melt into something

s'attendrir

Devenir plus doux ou ressentir une grande affection parce que quelque chose nous émeut.

En anglais simple : To become gentle or feel strong affection because something touches your feelings.

• Her smile made my heart melt.
• He melted when the baby reached for him.
• That small act of kindness melted her heart.

Comment l'utiliser : melt at something (She melted at the sight of the sleeping puppy.)

Synonymes : soften

Contraires : harden

Expressions courantes : melt your heart, melt at something

roche refondue

Roche redevenue liquide après avoir d’abord durci.

En anglais simple : Rock that became liquid again after first becoming solid.

• The drill recovered impact melt from the crater.
• These melts formed when the asteroid struck.
• Scientists examined the melt for signs of rapid cooling.

Expressions courantes : impact melt, rock melt, melt sample