āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to thaw
01
āĻāϞāĻž, āύāϰāĻŽ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to become softer or liquid
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As spring approached, the frozen lake started to thaw, creating dangerous conditions for ice skaters.
āĻŦāϏāύā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§, āϝāĻž āĻāĻāϏ āϏā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
1.1
āĻāϞāĻžāύā§, āύāϰāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something melt or soften
Transitive: to thaw something frozen
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The microwave has successfully thawed the frozen vegetables for dinner.
āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰā§āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻāϞāύ, āĻŦāϰāĻĢ āĻāϞāĻžāύā§
a period during which the weather becomes warmer causing snow and ice to melt
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thaw allowed the river to flow freely again.
āĻāϞāύ āύāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
the process of a substance changing from solid to liquid due to heat
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ice underwent a slow thaw in the warm room.
03
a lessening or relaxation of tensions, hostility, or emotional reserve
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a thaw in their previously frosty friendship.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
dethaw
thawed
thawing
thaw
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