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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
thaw
n 1: 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" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming]
3: 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"
v 1: 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"
[syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw,
melt]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
thaw \thaw\ (th[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thawed (th[add]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Thawing.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian,
[thorn][=a]wan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf.
also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel.
[thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan. t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr.
th`kein to melt. [root]56.]
1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of
that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
[1913 Webster]
2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in
reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
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3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare cold[4], a. and
hard[6], a.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
thaw \thaw\, v. t.
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt,
soften, or dissolve.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
thaw \thaw\, n.
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.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for thaw:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
bend, colliquate, cut, decoagulate, decoct, defrost, deliquesce, dissolve, fluidify, fluidize, flux, forbear, forgive, fuse, fusibility, fusion, give quarter, have mercy upon, have pity, heat up, hold in solution, infuse, leach, let up on, liquation, liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, melt, melt down, melting, pardon, percolate, refine, relax, relent, render, reprieve, run, running, smelt, soften, solubilize, solve, spare, take pity on, thawing, thermoplasticity, thin, unbend, unclot, unfreeze, warm, warm up, yield |
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Common Misspellings > |
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