"melt away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: melts away [present, singular, third-person], melting away [participle, present], melted away [participle, past], melted away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} melt away (third-person singular simple present melts away, present participle melting away, simple past and past participle melted away)
  1. (intransitive) To fade or wane Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-melt_away-en-verb-gFrLjfv5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI\nIt came at last. The sky lightened, the mist melted away, and then a long, low, far-off streak of pale yellow light floated on the eastern horizon."
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