1. Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
   "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun";
   - run, melt down
    
2. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
   "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax";
   - dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw [N. Amer]
    
3. Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
   "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene";
   - meld
    
4. Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
   "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk";
   - fade
    
5. Become less intense and fade away gradually
   "her resistance melted under his charm";
   - disappear, evaporate
    
6. Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
   "His stern demeanour melted when he saw the children";
   - mellow, mellow out [informal]

1. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
   "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster";
   - thaw, thawing, melting
    
2. A sandwich containing melted cheese
   "A tuna melt is his favourite lunch"

Derived forms: melts, melting, melted, molten

Type of: blend, break up, change, coalesce, combine, commingle, dissolve, flux, fuse, heating, immix [archaic], liquefy, liquify, meld, merge, mix, phase change, phase transition, physical change, resolve, state change, warming, weaken

Encyclopedia: Melt