'thaw' definitions:
Definition of 'thaw'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming]
noun
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"
verb
Definition of 'thaw'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare cold[4], a. and hard[6], a. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'thaw'
From: GCIDE
- thaw \thaw\, v. t. To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'thaw'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'thaw'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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