3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: thaw \thaw\ (th[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thawed} (th[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Thawing}.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian, [thorn][=a]wan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel. [thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan. t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr. th`kein to melt. [root]56.] 1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. [1913 Webster] 2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare {cold}[4], a. and {hard}[6], a. [1913 Webster +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thawing n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" [syn: {thaw}, {melt}, {melting}] 2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: {thaw}, {warming}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 30 Moby Thesaurus words for "thawing": colliquation, colliquative, decoagulation, deliquescence, deliquium, dissolution, dissolutional, dissolutive, dissolving, fluidification, fluidization, fusibility, fusing, fusion, leaching, liquation, liquefaction, liquefactive, liquefying, liquescence, liquescency, lixiviation, melting, percolation, running, solubilization, solution, thaw, thermoplasticity, unclotting
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