Let's learn about "녹다"

* 녹다 : [Pronunciation: 녹따]

* 녹는다 : present form of 녹다 by -ㄴ다

1) [=열에 물러지다] melt (away); thaw; fuse

- 불에 녹다 : melt in the fire / be fused by the fire

- 녹아서 한 덩어리가 되다 : fuse into one

- 그 금속은 열에 녹는다 : The metal melts with heat

- 눈이 녹았다 The snow melted away

- 보도의 얼음은 완전히 녹았다 : The ice has melted off the sidewalks

- 서리가 하루종일 녹지 않았다 : The frost did not give all day

2) [=용해되다] dissolve; liquefy; melt

- 물[지방]에 잘 녹다 : be soluble in water[fat]

- 소금은 물에 잘 녹는다 : Salt is easily soluble in water. / Salt easily dissolves in water

ㆍ 이 세제는 물에 잘 녹지 않는다 This cleanser[detergent] doesn't dissolve easily in water

3) [=추워서 굳어진 몸이 풀리다] warm up; be warmed; get warm

- 손이 녹다 : one's hands warm

- 술을 마셔 몸이 녹다 : get heated with wine

- 자리가 녹는다 : My bed is warmed

- 몸이 차차 녹아 온다 : I'm gradually thawing

4) [=망하다·혼나다] have bitter experiences; have[get] the worst of it; pay dearly ; have a hell of time; have a hard[bad] time of it; be done ; be broke[ruined / exhausted]; have had it

- 뱃놀이 갔다가 녹았다 : I went boating and it was just awful!

- 그는 담배 장사하다 녹았다 : He lost his shirt in the tobacco business

- 이거 녹았군 : Here's a (nice[pretty]) go. / What a fine fix we're in!

- 아버지가 알게 되면 녹는다 : If it comes to my father's ear, I shall get into an awful row

- 악질 고리 대금 업자한테 걸려서 녹았다 : I had a hell of time dealing with a bad usurer

5) [=주색·잡기에 빠지다] be dissipated; get ruined by dissipation

- 주색에 녹다 : ruin one's health with dissipation

5) [=반하다] be enraptured[captivated] ; be stuck ; be gone on ; be crazy ; be infatuated ; be over head and ears in love

- 그녀의 매력에 녹아 떨어졌다 : I am stuck by her charms

- 그 노래에 아주 녹았다 : That song really melts me.