unmelt en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + melt.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To undergo the process of melting in reverse.
A snowflake does not unmelt.
2002, Dale Bick Carlson, Kishore Khairnar, In and Out of Your Mind: Teen Science: Human Bites, page 76:Eggs break, but do not unbreak; candles melt, but they don't unmelt; memories are of the past, never of the future; […]
2008, Arieh Ben-Naim, Entropy Demystified, page 208:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unmelts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unmelting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unmelted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unmelted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |