thaw
IPA: θˈɔ
noun
- The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
- a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen
- (figuratively) A period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding.
- A river in South Wales which flows into the Bristol Channel at Aberthaw.
- A surname from Burmese.
verb
- (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
- (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
- (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
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Examples of "thaw" in Sentences
- Note the thawing winter snow cover.
- The food in the fridge began to thaw.
- The result, paradoxically, was a thaw.
- The fire in our throats will Beckon the thaw.
- It is necessary to thaw this mountain of coldness.
- Coagulation is not a phase in the way freezing or thawing is.
- Extensive flooding aggravated by thawing ice occurred in 1565.
- The archipelago formed during the thaw after the latest ice age.
- Some plants flower immediately after snow melting or soil thawing.
- During periods of thaw, the ice sheets created the detailed shape of the land.
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