Found 3 items, similar to melting.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: melting mencair, peleburan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: melting melting adj : becoming liquid [syn: liquescent] 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” [syn: thaw, melt, thawing]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Melting 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. --Shak. [1913 Webster] For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften. [1913 Webster] Melting \Melt"ing\, n. Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted. [1913 Webster] 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. Pressure affects the melting point somewhat, and if not specified the melting point is usually taken to be at atmospheric pressure. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]