melting
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melt
(mĕlt)v. melt·ed, melt·ing, melts
v.intr.
1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
2. To dissolve: Sugar melts in water.
3. To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The crowd melted away after the rally.
4. To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else: Sea melted into sky along the horizon.
5. To become softened in feeling: Our hearts melted at the child's tears.
6. Obsolete To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.
v.tr.
1. To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
2. To dissolve: The tide melted our sand castle away.
3. To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.
4. To cause (units) to blend: "Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of men" (Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur).
5. To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. A melted solid; a fused mass.
2. The state of being melted.
3.
a. The act or operation of melting.
b. The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.
4. A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese: a tuna melt.
melt down
1. To undergo a meltdown. Used of a nuclear reactor.
2. To undergo a failure or collapse.
3. To become very angry or upset.
melt′a·bil′i·ty n.
melt′a·ble adj.
melt′er n.
melt′ing·ly adv.
melt′y adj.
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melting
(ˈmɛltɪŋ)adj
1. (of ice, ice cream, etc) in the process of becoming liquid
2. capable of making others feel tender and emotional
ˈmeltingly adv
ˈmeltingness n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
melting
- fondue - Comes from French fondre, "to melt."
- relent, resolve - Relent and resolve originally meant "melt, dissolve" in literal (under the influence of heat) and figurative senses.
- eliquate - To melt or liquefy.
- clarify - To make clear by removing impurities or solid matter, as by heating gently; to purify butter by melting.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
melting
The change of state from solid to liquid. It occurs when the particles in the solid lattice have gained sufficient energy to break the bonds which hold them in the lattice.
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Noun 1. [画像:melting - the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid]melting - the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
Adj. 1. melting - becoming liquid
unfrozen - not frozen; "unfrozen ground"
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melting
[ˈmeltɪŋ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
melting
:melting point
melting pot
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
melting
[ˈmɛltɪŋ]1. adj (snow) → che si scioglie (or scioglieva ); (voice, look) → tenero/a
2. n (Chem) → fusione f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995