Melting

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Melt.

II. Melting ·noun Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.

III. Melting ·adj Causing to melt; becoming melted;

— used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.