melt

1. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (synset 113587738)
   "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
   is a type of:

   • heating, warming - the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
   • phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
   same as: melting, thaw, thawing

1. Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating (synset 200445584)
   "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
   is a type of: break up, dissolve, resolve - cause to go into a solution
   subtypes:

   • fuse - make liquid or plastic by heating
   • render, try - melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
   same as: melt down, run
   verb group: bleed, run - be diffused
2. Become or cause to become soft or liquid (synset 200376777)
   "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"
   is a type of: flux, liquefy, liquify - become liquid or fluid when heated
   subtypes:

   • deliquesce - melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
   • de-ice, defrost, deice - make or become free of frost or ice
   same as: dethaw, dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw
3. Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial (synset 200255372)
   "With age, he mellowed"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   same as: mellow, mellow out
   verb group: mellow - soften, make mellow
4. Lose its distinct outline or shape;
   Blend gradually (synset 200396747)
   "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
   is a type of: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix - mix together different elements
   same as: meld
5. Become less clearly visible or distinguishable;
   Disappear gradually or seemingly (synset 200225077)
   "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
   is a type of: weaken - become weaker
   same as: fade
6. Become less intense and fade away gradually (synset 200224354)
   "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
   is a type of: weaken - become weaker
   same as: disappear, evaporate

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