1. to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat
2. dissolve, disintegrate
the sugar melted in the coffee
3. to disappear as if by dissolving
her anger melted at his kind words
4. to become subdued or crushed (as by sorrow)
5. to become mild, tender, or gentle
6. to lose outline or distinctness blend
7. to reduce from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat
8. to cause to disappear or disperse
9. to make tender or gentle soften
10. material in the molten state
11. the mass melted at a single operation or the quantity melted during a specified period
12. the action or process of melting or the period during which it occurs
the spring melt
13. the condition of being melted
14. a sandwich with melted cheese
a tuna melt
15. spleen especially spleen of slaughtered animals for use as feed or food
16. to change or to cause (something) to change from a solid to a liquid usually because of heat
17. to gradually become less or go away
18. to begin to have feelings of love, kindness, sympathy, etc.
19. to change from a solid to a liquid usually through the action of heat
Snow melts. I'm melting butter.
20. to grow less disappear
Clouds melted away.
21. to make or become gentle soften
The kittens melted her heart.
22. to lose clear outline
“Yes, I know,” said the Fox, melting into the bushes.
— Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill