Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disposed to melt or soften; feeling or showing tenderness; tender; compassionate.
- Adapted to melt or soften; affecting; moving: as, a melting speech.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively.
- noun Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.
- noun (Chem.) the degree of temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses. Pressure affects the melting point somewhat, and if not specified the melting point is usually taken to be at atmospheric pressure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
melt . - adjective Which is melting,
dissolving orliquefying . - adjective Given over to strong emotion; tender;
aroused ;emotional ,tearful . - noun The process of
changing thestate of asubstance fromsolid toliquid byheating it past itsmelting point
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- adjective becoming liquid
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word melting.
Examples
-
The term melting pot didn't surface because we have remained separated by our nationalities, religions and general backgrounds.
-
But as for the people who live in the USA aren’t we made up of just about every nation on this planet; hence the term melting pot.
-
In Toronto at least, the heat has swung a full 180 degrees from last week's rainy and cold dreariness to a hot, humid, skin melting climate.
Going Around in Circles Sarah 2009
-
Glacial melting is following historical patterns ...
Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
-
In Toronto at least, the heat has swung a full 180 degrees from last week's rainy and cold dreariness to a hot, humid, skin melting climate.
Archive 2009-06-01 Sarah 2009
-
YouTube, that incandescent tower of video Babel; monument to the sloughed-off detritus of our exponentially-exploding digital culture; a Technicolor cataract of skateboarding dogs, lip-synching college students, political punditry, and porn; has reached the zenith of its meteoric rise; and Icarus-like, wings melting; is spiraling back to earth.
-
I could almost feel my brain melting away … Epic. adapter rings
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Brilliant!!!! Mario vs Pacman 2009
-
If we keep destroying the plants and tree environment the oxygen levels will drop while the polar caps ice melting is releasing more methane into the atmosphere.
Think Progress » Sen. Bennett: ‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions Have Nothing Whatever To Do With Clean Air’ 2010
-
Foreclosures are running at an all time high and the homeless are melting from the 104 degree heat index.
-
Satellite and ice measurements show the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an increasing rate, and mountain glacier melting is accelerating;
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.