noun

1. Molten material, the product of melting.

2. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.

3. The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.

verb

1. To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

   “I melted butter to make a cake.”

2. To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

   “His troubles melted away.”

3. 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.

Synonyms: found, thaw