1. • noun - the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
   • verb - reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
   • verb - become or cause to become soft or liquid
   • verb - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
   • verb - lose its distinct outline or shape
   • verb - become less clearly visible or distinguishable
   • verb - become less intense and fade away gradually
2. • To be changed from a solid to a liquid state by application of heat or pressure or both.
   • To dissolve: Sugar melts in water.
   • To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The crowd melted away after the rally.
   • To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else: Sea melted into sky along the horizon.
   • To become softened in feeling: Our hearts melted at the child’s tears.
   • To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.
   • To change (a solid) to a liquid state by the application of heat or pressure or both.
   • To dissolve: The tide melted our sand castle away.
   • To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.
   • To cause (units) to blend: “Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of men” (Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur).
   • To soften (someone’s feelings); make gentle or tender.
   • A melted solid; a fused mass.
   • The state of being melted.
   • The act or operation of melting.
   • The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.
   • Often used to modify another noun: glacial melt water; the summer melt season.
3. • adj - to change from a solid to a liquid state by heat [v -ED, -ING, -S] : MELTABLE

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