to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.

to become liquid; dissolve

Let the cough drop melt in your mouth.

to pass, dwindle, or fade gradually (often fol. by away )

His fortune slowly melted away.

to pass, change, or blend gradually (often fol. by into )

Night melted into day.

to become softened in feeling by pity, sympathy, love, or the like

The tyrant's heart would not melt.

Obsolete . to be subdued or overwhelmed by sorrow, dismay, etc.

to reduce to a liquid state by warmth or heat; fuse

Fire melts ice.

to cause to pass away or fade.

to cause to pass, change, or blend gradually.

to soften in feeling, as a person or the heart.

the act or process of melting; state of being melted.

something that is melted.

a quantity melted at one time.

a sandwich or other dish topped with melted cheese

a tuna melt.