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Verb
1. 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"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
(synonym) dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt
(hypernym) liquefy, flux, liquify
(hyponym) deliquesce

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Verb
1. 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"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
(synonym) dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt
(hypernym) liquefy, flux, liquify
(hyponym) deliquesce