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melting

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. 1.To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
  2. 2.To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
  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.

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.

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