Meaning of melting | Babel Free

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1. Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying
2. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
3. Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful
4. The change of state from solid to liquid. It occurs when the particles in the solid lattice have gained sufficient energy to break the bonds which hold them in the lattice.
5. The act of softening or mitigating.
   figuratively
6. That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional
7. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
8. present participle and gerund of melt
9. To dissolve: Sugar melts in water.
10. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point
11. To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The crowd melted away after the rally.
12. To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else: Sea melted into sky along the horizon.
13. To become softened in feeling: Our hearts melted at the child's tears.
14. Obsolete To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.
    Obsolete
15. To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
16. To dissolve: The tide melted our sand castle away.
17. To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.

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“Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.”

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