'Thawing' definitions:

Definition of 'thawing'

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]

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

Words containing 'Thawing'

Thawed,
thaw