melt into

phrasal verb

melted into; melting into; melts into

: to become difficult or impossible to see by changing into or becoming combined with (something else)

The colors in the painting melt into one another.

Her frown melted into a smile.

She melted into the crowd.

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Some lacy bits of Dungeness all but melted into the rice. —

Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024 The powder that emerges is then melted into gold nuggets. —

Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 The Dalarna region is the gateway to the Scandinavian Mountains, for winter sports; but most come in the summer, melting into forest cabins and villages to hike through woods and swim in lakes. —

Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024 Of course, butter has long been a favorite food of many people—and, whether its being smoothed onto bread or melted into sauces, its exaltation isn’t exactly new. —

Konstanze Popp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for melt into