melt

"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours";

"melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun";

"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";

"With age, he mellowed";

"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene";

"The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk";

"her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance";