to change from solid to liquid state through heat; to disappear or fade away
Old English meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną, related to Greek meldein 'to melt'
The phrase 'melt my heart' uses the physical process of melting as a metaphor for emotional softening - language loves to borrow from the physical world!
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