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Definitions and Meaning of thaw in English
thaw (n)
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile
thaw (v)
become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw (v. i.)
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.
thaw (v. t.)
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
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.
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thaw
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid, warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt, a relaxation or slackening of tensions
melt,dissolve,flux,found,fuse,liquefy,liquefy,run,soften,deliquesce
harden,set,solidify,Clot,coagulate,Congeal,gel,jelly,thicken,Jelly
thave => thafe, thaumaturgy => thaumaturgy, thaumaturgus => thaumaturge, thaumaturgist => Miracle worker, thaumaturgics => thaumaturgy,
