melt
//mɛlt//
Verb
meltInfinitive
meltPresent tense
meltedPast tense
meltedPast participle
meltingPresent participle
meltsThird-person singular
1
To change from a solid to a liquid state by heating.
The ice cream melted in the sun.
2
To dissolve or disappear gradually.
The snow melted away as spring arrived.
3
To become softened in feeling or emotion; to be moved to tenderness or sympathy.
Her kind words made his heart melt.
Noun
1
The act or process of melting.
The melt of the snow in spring causes the river to rise.
2
A quantity of material melted at one time.
The factory processed a large melt of iron yesterday.