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

adjective

1. Melted.

   “molten metal”

2. Made from a melted substance.

3. Glowing red-hot.