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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024thaw /θɔ/USA pronunciation v. - to change from a frozen to a liquid state;
melt: [no object][no object]The meat thawed.[~ + object]Use the microwave to thaw the meat. - to get relief from the cold:[no object* (~ + out)]Sit by the fire and thaw out.
- Meteorology[no object] (of the weather) to become warm enough to melt ice and snow.
- to (cause to) become less hostile or aloof;
to (cause to) become more friendly: [no object]Relations between the two countries thawed.[~ + object]The glasses of vodka thawed the hostility between the two sides.
n. [countable] - the act or process of thawing.
- a reduction or easing in tension or hostility.
- Meteorology(in winter) weather warm enough to melt ice and snow.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thaw (thô),USA pronunciation v.i. - to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state;
melt. - to be freed from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold (sometimes fol. by out):Sit by the fire and thaw out.
- Meteorology(of the weather) to become warm enough to melt ice and snow:It will probably thaw today.
- to become less formal, reserved, or aloof:He thawed at their kindness.
- to become less hostile or tense:International relations thawed.
v.t. - to cause to change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state;
melt. - to free from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold;
bring to a more normal temperature, esp. to room temperature:I took the steaks out of the freezer and thawed them. - to make less cold, formal, or reserved.
- to make less tense or hostile.
n. - the act or process of thawing.
- the act or fact of becoming less formal, reserved, or aloof.
- a reduction or easing in tension or hostility.
- Meteorology(in winter or in areas where freezing weather is the norm) weather warm enough to melt ice and snow.
- Meteorologya period of such weather:We had a two-week thaw in January.
- Meteorology the thaw, the first day in the year when ice in harbors, rivers, etc., breaks up or loosens enough to begin flowing to the sea, allowing navigation:The Anchorage thaw came on May 18th.
- bef. 1000; (verb, verbal) Middle English thawen, Old English thawian; cognate with Dutch dooien, Old Norse theyja; (noun, nominal) late Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See melt.
- 2, 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged warm.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged freeze.
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