"melt into" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melts into",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melting into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melted into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melted into",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "melt into (third-person singular simple present melts into, present participle melting into, simple past and past participle melted into)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (into)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004 April 11, Ron Feinberg, “CLIMBING MASADA”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution",
          "text": "The Roman Empire has melted into history.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 October 1, Jennifer Eccleston, CNN_LiveSat",
          "text": "Either they melted into society or they swept through to there [sic] villages",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jacquie D'Alessandro, Never a lady",
          "text": "\"The spirits are calling, I must go,\" she said to Lady Miranda, then executed a quick turn and melted into the crowd with an expertise born of years of practice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 July 17, Sabrina Tavernise, Richard A. Oppel Jr., “Foreign Desk”, in New York Times",
          "text": "A tough Iraqi general, a former special operations officer with a baritone voice and a barrel chest, melted into smiles when asked about Senator Barack Obama.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disappear gradually into."
      ],
      "id": "en-melt_into-en-verb-4bru8rNW",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To disappear gradually into."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melt into"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melts into",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melting into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melted into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melted into",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "melt into (third-person singular simple present melts into, present participle melting into, simple past and past participle melted into)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (into)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004 April 11, Ron Feinberg, “CLIMBING MASADA”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution",
          "text": "The Roman Empire has melted into history.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 October 1, Jennifer Eccleston, CNN_LiveSat",
          "text": "Either they melted into society or they swept through to there [sic] villages",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jacquie D'Alessandro, Never a lady",
          "text": "\"The spirits are calling, I must go,\" she said to Lady Miranda, then executed a quick turn and melted into the crowd with an expertise born of years of practice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 July 17, Sabrina Tavernise, Richard A. Oppel Jr., “Foreign Desk”, in New York Times",
          "text": "A tough Iraqi general, a former special operations officer with a baritone voice and a barrel chest, melted into smiles when asked about Senator Barack Obama.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disappear gradually into."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To disappear gradually into."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melt into"
}