melt

4 definitions • 8 examples

to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this:

The snow usually melts by mid March.

Melt the chocolate slowly so that it doesn't burn.

The meat's beautifully cooked - it melts in your mouth (= is so pleasantly soft that you do not need to chew it).

to start to feel love or sympathy, especially after feeling angry:

He only has to look at her, and she melts.

He'd been going to refuse, but his heart melted when he saw the children's faces.

a sandwich containing melted cheese:

a tuna melt

to change something from solid to liquid by heating, or to dissolve a solid in a liquid:

[ T ] The sun was hot and melted the snow.

[ I ] The ice cream was starting to melt by the time I got it home.