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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