melted

Verb

melt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or (rare) molt, past participle melted or (rare) molt or molten)

1. (ergative) 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.

   Synonyms:

   to found, to thaw

2. (figuratively, intransitive) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
   • His troubles melted away.
3. (ambitransitive, figuratively) 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.
   • Thou would'st have […] melted down thy youth.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
4. (intransitive) To be discouraged.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To be emotionally softened or touched.
   • She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.
6. (colloquial, intransitive) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
   • I need shade! I'm melting!

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