[melt] vb [ME, fr. OE meltan; akin to ON melta to digest, Gk meldein to melt] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usu. by heat
2. a: dissolve, disintegrate "the sugar ~ed in the coffee" b: to disappear as if by dissolving "her anger ~ed at his kind words" 3 obs: to become subdued or crushed (as by sorrow)
4: to become mild, tender, or gentle
5: to lose outline or distinctness: blend ~ vt 1: to reduce from a solid to a liquid state usu. by heat
2: to cause to disappear or disperse
3: to make tender or gentle: soften -- melt.abil.i.ty n -- melt.able adj -- melt.er n
[2]melt n (1854) 1 a: material in the molten state b: the mass melted at a single operation or the quantity melted during a specified period
2. a: the action or process of melting or the period during which it occurs "the spring ~" b: the condition of being melted
3: a sandwich with melted cheese "a tuna ~" [3]melt n [ME milte, fr. OE; akin to OHG miltzi spleen] (bef. 12c): spleen; esp: spleen of slaughtered animals for use as feed or food