<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>To become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.</li><li>To reduce to a liquid state by warmth or heat; fuse: Fire melts ice.</li><li>To cause to pass away or fade.</li><li>To cause to pass, change, or blend gradually.</li><li>To soften in feeling, as a person or the heart.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>Fade</li><li>Touch</li><li>Mollify</li><li>Disarm</li><li>Affect</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The act or process of melting; state of being melted.</li><li>Something that is melted.</li><li>A quantity melted at one time.</li><li>A sandwich or other dish topped with cheese and heated through until the cheese melts: a tuna melt.</li></ul>