melt

verb

• 1make or become liquefied by heat: [no object]:place under the broiler until the cheese has melted [with object]:the hot metal melted the wax the icebergs were melting away (as adjective melted)asparagus with melted butter
• [with object] (melt something down) melt something, especially a metal article, so that the material it is made of can be used again:beautiful objects are being melted down and sold for scrap
• dissolve in liquid:add a cup of sugar and boil until the sugar melts

• 2make or become more tender or loving: [no object]:she was so beautiful that I melted [with object]:Richard gave her a smile that melted her heart

• 3 [no object] leave or disappear unobtrusively:the compromise was accepted and the opposition melted away the figure melted into thin air
• (melt into) change or merge imperceptibly into (another form or state):the cheers melted into gasps of admiration

noun

• an act of melting:the precipitation falls as snow and is released during the spring melt
• metal or other material in a melted condition.
• an amount melted at any one time.
• [with modifier] a sandwich, hamburger, or other dish containing or topped with melted cheese:a tuna melt