Melt /(mĕlt)/

1. See 2d Milt. (Zool.)

imp. & p. p. Melted; p. p. Molten; p. pr. & vb. n. Melting

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. (obs.)
2. 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.

   Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.

   For pity melts the mind to love.

1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.
2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
3. To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

   My soul melteth for heaviness.

   Melting with tenderness and kind compassion.

4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue.

   The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other.

5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.