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molting

English

Verb

molting

  1. present participle of molt

Noun

molting (plural moltings)

  1. A molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.

Translations

Anagrams

  • tomling

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melting

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?m?lt??/
  • Rhymes: -?lt??

Verb

melting

  1. present participle of melt

Adjective

melting (comparative more melting, superlative most melting)

  1. Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
  2. Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
    • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, I.i:
      What guards the purities of melting maids, / In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades [...]?
  3. That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.

Translations

Noun

melting (plural meltings)

  1. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
  2. (figuratively) The act of softening or mitigating.

Translations


Icelandic

Etymology

From melta (to digest) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?l?ti?k/
  • Rhymes: -?l?ti?k

Noun

melting f (genitive singular meltingar, no plural)

  1. digestion

Declension

Derived terms

  • meltingarfæri

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