thaw
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[edit] Etymology
From the Old English verb þawian. The noun was derived from the verb in Middle English.
[edit] Verb
thaw (third-person singular simple present thaws, present participle thawing, simple past and past participle thawed)
- (intransitive) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. Specifically by gradual warming
- (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 cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. Specifically by gradual warming.
[edit] Translations
to melt, dissolve, or become fluid
to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve
[edit] Noun
thaw (plural thaws)
- 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
- a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. —w:Dryden.
[edit] Translations
the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter
a warmth of weather
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