'Thawing' definitions:
Definition of 'thawing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Thawing'
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]
Synonyms of 'thawing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- colliquation,
- colliquative,
- decoagulation,
- deliquescence,
- deliquium,
- dissolution,
- dissolutional,
- dissolutive,
- dissolving,
- fluidification,
- fluidization,
- fusibility,
- fusing,
- fusion,
- leaching,
- liquation,
- liquefaction,
- liquefactive,
- liquefying,
- liquescence,
- liquescency,
- lixiviation,
- melting,
- percolation,
- running,
- solubilization,
- solution,
- thaw,
- thermoplasticity,
- unclotting