melt
- sense 1: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
- melt run melt_down
- dissolve resolve break_up
- sense 2: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"
- thaw unfreeze unthaw melt
- sense 3: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
- mellow melt mellow_out
- sense 4: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
- melt meld
- blend flux mix conflate commingle immix fuse coalesce meld combine merge
- sense 5: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
- fade melt fade_out