What is the meaning of melt?

noun

• The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
  • usage: "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
  • synonyms: thaw, thawing, melting

verb

• Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
  • usage: "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
  • synonyms: run, melt down
• Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw
• Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.
  • usage: "With age, he mellowed"
  • synonyms: mellow, mellow out
• Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.
  • usage: "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
  • synonyms: meld
• Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.
  • usage: "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
  • synonyms: fade
• Become less intense and fade away gradually.
  • usage: "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
  • synonyms: disappear, evaporate