· 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(s): dissolve, thaw, unthaw, dethaw, melt
Hypernym(s): liquefy, flux, liquify
· make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
Synonym(s): unblock, free, release
Antonym(s): freeze