melting

/หˆmษ›ltษชล‹/

IPA: /M EH1 L T IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

    โ€œI melted butter to make a cake.โ€

  2. 2

    To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

    โ€œHis troubles melted away.โ€

  3. 3

    To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

  4. 4

    To be discouraged.

  5. 5

    To be emotionally softened or touched.

    โ€œShe melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.โ€

  6. 6

    To be very hot and sweat profusely.

    โ€œI need shade! I'm melting!โ€

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.

  2. 2

    The act of softening or mitigating.

adjective
  1. 1

    Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.

  2. 2

    Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.

  3. 3

    That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/melt, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/melting