Melt
Melt (melt) , noun
(Zoology) See 2d Milt.
Melt , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon meltan; akin to Greek me`ldein, English malt, and prob. to English smelt, v. r108. Compare 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. [obsolete]
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.
Melt , intransitive verb
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. — Shakespeare