melting
adjective(melt-ing)
tender, delicate
melting
verb(melt-ing)
to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat
melting
verb(melt-ing)
dissolve, disintegrate
melting
verb(melt-ing)
to disappear as if by dissolving
melting
noun(melt-ing)
the temperature at which a solid melts
melting
noun(melt-ing)
a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole
melting
noun(melt-ing)
the population of such a place
melting
noun(melt-ing)
a process of blending that often results in invigoration or novelty
melting
idiom(melt-ing)
not yet certain or finally decided : still changing or likely to change
melting
verb(melt-ing)
to suffer a meltdown : collapse
melting
noun(melt-ing)
a technique for the purification of a crystalline material and especially a metal in which a molten region travels through the material to be refined, picks up impurities at its advancing edge, and then allows the purified part to recrystallize at its opposite edge —called also zone melting
melting
phrasal verb(melt-ing)
to become difficult or impossible to see by changing into or becoming combined with (something else)
melting
idiom(melt-ing)
to fill someone with compassion, sympathy, etc.