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melt away

B1 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words

Slowly go away and disappear completely — like snow in the sun, or your worries after a holiday.

Literal meaning: For something solid to melt and disappear — liquid seeping away. Transparent in its literal sense.

Meanings

1 A2 neutral

To slowly dissolve or disappear as a result of heat.

"The last patches of snow melted away by the end of March."

Grammar: inseparable
2 B1 idiomatic neutral

To gradually disappear or go away — used of feelings, tension, crowds, or problems.

"After a long walk on the beach, all her anxiety simply melted away."

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you... let it melt away."

— Common paraphrase of biblical imagery; related to Ephesians 4:31, widely used in sermons and motivational speaking
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Used both literally (physical melting) and figuratively (feelings, crowds, fears disappearing). The figurative use is very common and poetic. Often has a positive connotation when used about negative feelings. Also used about crowds dispersing.

Commonly used with

stress tension fears crowd snow fat

Forms

Base
melt away
I/you/we/they
3rd person
melts away
he/she/it
Past simple
melted away
yesterday
Past participle
melted away
have + pp
-ing form
melting away
continuous

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Synonyms

disappear dissolve evaporate fade away vanish dissipate

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