How to pronounce “thaw”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.
• (impersonal, intransitive) To become sufficiently warm to melt ice and snow, said in reference to the weather.
• (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
• (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
• [Noun]
• The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
• a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen
• (figuratively) A period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding.

Practice Nearby Words

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