[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

melt \melt\, v. i.
   1. to be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the
      influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate
      temperatures.
      1913 webster

   2. to dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
      1913 webster

   3. hence: to be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle;
      also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
      1913 webster

            my soul melteth for heaviness.        --ps. cxix.
                                                  28.
      1913 webster

            melting with tenderness and kind compassion. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to lose distinct form or outline; to blend. see fondue.
      1913 webster

            the soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing
            outlines, overlapping and melting into each other.
                                                  --j. c.
                                                  shairp.
      1913 webster

   5. to disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog
      melts away. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
fondue 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

melt \melt\ me^lt, n. zool.
   see 2d milt.
   1913 webster
see also:
milt 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

melt \melt\, v. t. imp.  p. p. melted obs. p. p. molten;
   p. pr.  vb. n. melting. as. meltan; akin to gr.
   me`ldein, e. malt, and prob. to e. smelt, v. root108. cf.
   smelt, v., malt, milt the spleen.
   1. to reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to
      liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or
      snow.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: to soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to
      relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences;
      sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of;
      to weaken.
      1913 webster

            thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            for pity melts the mind to love.      --dryden.
      1913 webster

   syn: to liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
        1913 webster
see also:
melted molten melting smelt malt milt 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

melt
     n : the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a
         liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
         that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey
         takes several hours" syn: thaw, thawing, melting
     v 1: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid
          state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down
          gold"; "the wax melted in the sun" syn: run, melt
          down
     2: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "the sun melted
        the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "the
        heat melted the wax"; "the giant iceberg dissolved over
        the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the
        meat" syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw
     3: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "with age, he
        mellowed" syn: mellow, mellow out
     4: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;
        "hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" syn: meld
     5: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear
        gradually or seemingly; "the scene begins to fade"; "the
        tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" syn: fade
     6: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance
        melted under his charm" syn: disappear
     also: molten
see also:
thaw thawing melting run melt down dissolve 
unfreeze unthaw dethaw mellow mellow out 
meld fade disappear molten 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

127 moby thesaurus words for "melt":
   affect, assuage, bake, be consumed, be gone, blend, broil, cease,
   cease to be, cease to exist, colliquate, come home to, cook, cut,
   decline, decoagulate, decoct, decrease, defrost, deliquesce,
   dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die out, diminish, disappear,
   disarm, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out,
   dwindle, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, fade away,
   fade out, flee, fleet, flit, fluidify, fluidize, flux, fly,
   forbear, forgive, fuse, give quarter, go, go away, go deep,
   go through one, grieve, have mercy upon, have pity, heat, hide,
   hold in solution, infuse, leach, leave no trace, leave the scene,
   let up on, liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, mellow,
   melt away, melt down, melt into, melt like snow, melt the heart,
   merge, mollify, move, pardon, pass, pass away, pass out, penetrate,
   percolate, perish, perspire, pierce, reach, refine, relax, relent,
   render, reprieve, retire from sight, roast, run, sadden, scorch,
   shrink, sink, sink away, smart, smelt, soften, solubilize, solve,
   spare, sting, stir, suffer an eclipse, sweat, swelter,
   take pity on, thaw, thin, touch, touch a chord, unclot, unfreeze,
   vanish, vanish from sight, warm, waste, waste away, wear away

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