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thaw
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thaw
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "thaw"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ—āϞāĻž, āύāϰāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become softer or liquid
Intransitive
to thaw definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As spring approached, the frozen lake started to thaw, creating dangerous conditions for ice skaters.
āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āφāχāϏ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻ—āϞāĻžāύ⧋, āύāϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something melt or soften
Transitive: to thaw something frozen
to thaw definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The microwave has successfully thawed the frozen vegetables for dinner.
āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ­ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ āĻ—āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻ—āϞāύ, āĻŦāϰāĻĢ āĻ—āϞāĻžāύ⧋

a period during which the weather becomes warmer causing snow and ice to melt
thaw definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thaw allowed the river to flow freely again.
āĻ—āϞāύ āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

the process of a substance changing from solid to liquid due to heat

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ice underwent a slow thaw in the warm room.
03

a lessening or relaxation of tensions, hostility, or emotional reserve

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a thaw in their previously frosty friendship.

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thawed
thawing
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