melt down
To melt fully, especially metal or glass so that it can be remade into something elseTo melt fully, especially metal or glass so that it can be remade into something else.
» During the war, they melted down a lot of bells.
Im Krieg haben sie viele Glocken eingeschmolzen.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To melt fully, especially metal or glass so that it can be remade into something else.
расплавля́тьrasplavljátʹ, распла́витьrasplávitʹ, переплавля́тьpereplavljátʹ
розплавля́тиrozplavljáty, розпла́витиrozplávyty, переплавля́тиpereplavljáty
(intransitive)To lose structure by being heated to a molten state.
The reactor core melted down.
расплавля́тьсяrasplavljátʹsja, распла́витьсяrasplávitʹsja
розплавля́тисяrozplavljátysja, розпла́витисяrozplávytysja
(figuratively, intransitive)To have a breakdown; to collapse or fail utterly.
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Examples
5 sentencesDuring the war, they melted down a lot of bells.
deIm Krieg haben sie viele Glocken eingeschmolzen. — Esperantostern
The melted snowpack seeps down to fill mountainside indentations to form glacial lakes.
The candle is melting down.
ruСвеча тает. — odexed
The snow was melting down.
The fervour of his imagination melts down and renders malleable, as in a furnace, the most contradictory materials.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
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Forms
melts down, melting down, melted down, melted down| Base form | melt down · to melt down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | melts down |
| Present participle | melting down |
| Past simple | melted down |
| Past participle | melted down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb