melted
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melted (obs.) p. p. Molten; p. pr. & vb. n. Melting.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf. Smelt, v., Malt, Milt the spleen.]
1.To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow. [1913 Webster]
2.Hence: 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. [1913 Webster]
Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
For pity melts the mind to love.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften. [1913 Webster]