(transitive) to melt, melt down, smelt / (intransitive) to melt / (intransitive) to melt away, waste away / (intransitive) to dwindle; to diminish / (reflexive, se fondre dans) to blend in, blend into

to swoop down on; to pounce on / to set upon; to fall upon, as a predator upon prey / to move swiftly toward, generally in an attacking manner

to burst into tears

(simile) to shrink at a rate of knots, to melt away (to dwindle or diminish very rapidly)

second-person plural future of fondre