melting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: melting	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melting adj becoming liquid Synonym(s): liquescent, melting n the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" Synonym(s): thaw, melt, thawing, melting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melting \Melt"ing\ a. Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood. -- {Melt"ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melted} (obs.) p. p. {Molten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Melting}.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf. {Smelt}, v., {Malt}, {Milt} the spleen.] 1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow. 2. Hence: 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. Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. --Shak. For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden. Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melting \Melt"ing\, n. Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted. {Melting point} (Chem.), the degree of temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses; as, the melting point of ice is 0[deg] Centigrade or 32[deg] Fahr., that of urea is 132[deg] Centigrade.