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Definition of 'THAW'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) thaw
to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.

2.  thaw
to be freed from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold (sometimes fol. by out):
Sit by the fire and thaw out.

3.  thaw
(of the weather) to become warm enough to melt ice and snow.

4.  thaw
to become less hostile, tense, or aloof:
International relations thawed.

5. (v.t.) thaw
to cause to thaw.

6.  thaw
to make less hostile, tense, or aloof.

7. (n.) thaw
the act or process of thawing.

8.  thaw
a reduction or easing in tension or hostility.

9.  thaw
(in winter or in areas where freezing weather is the norm) weather warm enough to melt ice and snow.

10.  thaw
a period of such weather.

11.  thaw
the thaw, the period in spring when ice in waterways breaks up enough to allow navigation.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; (v.) ME; OE thawian, c. MLG dōien, OHG

Definition of 'THAW'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) thaw, melt, thawing, melting
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

2. (noun) thaw, thawing, warming
warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
"they welcomed the spring thaw"

3. (verb) thaw
a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile
"the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"

4. (verb) dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
become or cause to become soft or liquid
"The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"

Definition of 'THAW'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) thaw
to stop or make stop being frozen
as the ice on the pond thawed; Thaw the meat before cooking it.

Definition of 'THAW'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) THAW
the melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed

2. (verb) THAW
to melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws

3. (verb) THAW
to become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally

4. (verb) THAW
fig.: To grow gentle or genial

5. (verb) THAW
to cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve

Translation of 'THAW'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of ice, snow etc) to melt, or make or become liquid The snow thawed quickly.
Afrikaans: smelt	Arabic: يَذوب	Bulgarian: топя (се)
Brazilian: descongelar	Czech: tát	German: tauen
Danish: tø	Greek: λιώνω	Spanish: descongelarse, derretirse
Estonian: sulama	Farsi: آب شدن؛ آب کردن	Finnish: sulaa
French: (faire) dégeler/fondre	Hebrew: לְהַפשִיר	Hindi: गलना
Croatian: topiti se, kopnjeti	Hungarian: (meg)olvad	Indonesian: mencair
Icelandic: þíða; þiðna	Italian: sciogliersi, sgelarsi	Japanese: とける
Korean: (눈 등이) 녹다	Lithuanian: tirpti	Latvian: kust
Malay: mencair	Dutch: dooien	Norwegian: tine(s), smelte(s)
Polish: topnieć	Portuguese: descongelar	Romanian: a se topi
Russian: таять	Slovak: topiť (sa)	Slovenian: topiti se
Serbian: otopiti se	Swedish: töa	Thai: ทำให้ละลาย
Turkish: erimek	Taiwanese: (冰雪)融化	Ukrainian: танути, розтавати
Urdu: پگھلنا	Vietnamese: tan, chảy	Chinese: （冰雪）融化
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