āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to defrost
01
āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ°āĻĢ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to cause something frozen become warmer to melt away the ice or frost
Transitive: to defrost sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The refrigerator is currently defrosting the ice in the freezer.
āĻ°ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ°āĻĢ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to soften or melt due to an increase in temperature
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The frozen lake is slowly defrosting in the warmth of spring.
āĻŦāĻ°āĻĢā§ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšā§āĻ°āĻĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻˇā§āĻŖāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
