melt

1. (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.Examples: "I melted butter to make a cake."; "When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt."Synonyms: to found, to thawergative

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.Examples: "His troubles melted away."; "I gave him a couple of Advil and, after a few minutes, urged him back onto the track. Over the next few laps his pained expression slowly melted, although he still shuffled with a slight limp."figurativelyintransitive

3. (transitive, figurative) 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.Examples: "Thou would'st have […] melted down thy youth."; "For pity melts the mind to love."; "The traveller hears me now and then, ⁠And sometimes harshly will he speak: ⁠‘This fellow would make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’"figurativelytransitive

4. (intransitive) To be discouraged.intransitive

5. (intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.Examples: "She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card."; "My heart melted when I first heard the song."figurativelyintransitive

6. (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.Examples: "I need shade! I'm melting!"colloquialintransitive