melting /ˈmɛltɪŋ/adjective 3noun 2forms 3 adjective3 •Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying. •Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.What guards the purity of melting maids, / In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades [...]? — 1714 •That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.And he, Allada Khan, had decided that the child was not unlike himself - an unaggressive nose, and intelligent forehead, eyes both lively and melting. — 1956 noun2 •The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point. •(figurative) The act of softening or mitigating. formsmeltings · more melting · most melting