adj
Meaning 1
Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
melting
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmɛltɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛltɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 L T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.
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noun
Meaning 4
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
The act of softening or mitigating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of melt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
becoming liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liquescent
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
- the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thaw, melt, thawing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heating, warming, phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِنْصِهَار (inṣihār) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Arabic: ذَوَبَان (ḏawabān) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Bulgarian: топене (topene) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Czech: tání — process of changing the state of a substance
- Finnish: sulaminen — process of changing the state of a substance
- French: fusion — process of changing the state of a substance
- German: Schmelzen — process of changing the state of a substance
- Greek: τήξη (tíxi) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Hebrew: צֵרוּף (tserúf) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Hindi: गलना (galnā) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Norwegian: smelter — process of changing the state of a substance
- Russian: плавящийся (plavjaščijsja) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Russian: расплавленный (rasplavlennyj) — process of changing the state of a substance
- Spanish: fusión — process of changing the state of a substance
- Spanish: fundición — process of changing the state of a substance
- Spanish: derretimiento — process of changing the state of a substance
- Spanish: licuación — process of changing the state of a substance
- Spanish: licuefacción — process of changing the state of a substance
- Spanish: colicuación — process of changing the state of a substance
- Swedish: smältning — process of changing the state of a substance
- Turkish: erime — process of changing the state of a substance
- Bulgarian: размекнат (razmeknat) — which is melting or dissolving
- Bulgarian: топящ се (topjašt se) — which is melting or dissolving
- Latin: tābidus — which is melting or dissolving
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