To make or become liquefied by heat
“The snow would start to melt as spring approached.”
To touch or affect emotionally
“Her smile is enough to melt anyone's heart.”
To cause someone to be less hostile
“I felt like giving him a tight hug to melt his anger.”
To disappear or fade away unobtrusively
“The troops had put up little resistance and continued to melt away in the night.”
To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space
To prepare food for consumption, usually using heat
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
To mix or blend together, typically into a single mass or unit
To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization
To remove contaminants or impurities from
To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore
To set on fire, or to be set on fire
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