Oxford Dictionary English melt away phrasal verbphrasal verb Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsPhrasal Verbsmelt away | melt somethingaway Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsto disappear or make something disappear gradually At the first sign of trouble, the crowd melted away. Oxford Collocations DictionaryMelt away is used with these nouns as the subject: crowd See full entry oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com