Melt | Mean of melt in English Dictionary

/ˈmɛlt/

• Verb
• to change or to cause (something) to change from a solid to a liquid usually because of heat
1. The butter melted in the frying pan.
2. The snow is finally melting.
3. She melted butter in the frying pan.
4. a tablespoon of melted butter
5. melted cheese
• to gradually become less or go away
1. Their determination melted in the face of opposition.
2. Her anger melted away when she saw that he was truly sorry.
3. As the sun rose the fog began to melt away.
• to begin to have feelings of love, kindness, sympathy, etc.
1. She melted at his kindly words.
2. Her heart melted with compassion.
3. It would have melted your heart [=it would have filled you with compassion, sympathy, etc.] to see her lying in that hospital bed.

• to heat up accidentally, melt, and release radiation
1. The reactor's core melted down.
• to experience a very fast collapse or failure
1. The stock market has melted down.
• to melt (something) so that it can be used for another purpose
1. melt down a coin
2. The stolen gold has probably already been melted down.
• to become difficult or impossible to see by changing into or becoming combined with (something else)
1. The colors in the painting melt into one another.
2. Her frown melted into a smile.
3. She melted into [=disappeared into] the crowd.
4. He seemed to melt into thin air. [=he seemed to disappear]
• Noun
• a sandwich made with melted cheese
1. a tuna melt