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The correct spelling is melting.
How to pronounce melting
verb
IPA: /ˈmɛltɪŋ/
Say it like: Mel-tin-g
The correct spelling is melting. To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. For example: "I melted butter to make a cake."
Usage Examples
“I melted butter to make a cake.”
“His troubles melted away.”
“She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- 2.To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- 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.To be discouraged.
- 5.To be emotionally softened or touched.
noun
- 1.The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
- 2.The act of softening or mitigating.
adjective
- 1.Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
- 2.Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
- 3.That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.
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