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melts

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noun

  1. Molten material, the product of melting.
  2. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
  3. The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
  4. A melt sandwich.

verb

  1. 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.”
  2. To dissolve, disperse, vanish.“His troubles melted away.”
  3. 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.
  4. To be discouraged.

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