melt

Molten material, the product of melting.

The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.

The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.

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."

To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

"His troubles melted away."

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.