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Dictionary: thaw   (thô) pronunciation

v., thawed, thaw·ing, thaws.

v.intr.
  1. To change from a frozen solid to a liquid by gradual warming.
  2. To lose stiffness, numbness, or impermeability by being warmed: left the frozen turkey out until it thawed; thawed out by sitting next to the stove.
  3. To become warm enough for snow and ice to melt.
  4. To become less formal, aloof, or reserved.
v.tr.
To cause to thaw.

n.
  1. The process of thawing.
  2. A period of warm weather during which ice and snow melt.
  3. A relaxation of reserve, restraints, or tensions.

[Middle English thawen, from Old English thawian.]


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verb

    To change from a solid to a liquid: deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, run. See solid/liquid/consistency.

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v

Definition: unfreeze, warm
Antonyms: freeze


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - tø, tø op
v. tr. - smelte, få til at tø, tø op
n. - tø, tøbrud, tøvejr, optøning

Nederlands (Dutch)
smelten, (ont)dooien (ook figuurlijk), dooi

Français (French)
v. intr. - (lit) fondre, se décongeler, dégeler
v. tr. - faire fondre, décongeler
n. - (Météo) dégel, (fig) détente, amélioration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Auftauen, Tauwetter
v. - tauen, auftauen, (sich) aufwärmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τήξη, λιώσιμο (πάγων), (μτφ.) ύφεση, συμφιλίωση
v. - λιώνω, τήκω/-ομαι, ξεπαγώνω, (μτφ.) γίνομαι διαχυτικός

Italiano (Italian)
sgelare, disgelo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - derretimento (m), descongelação (f), enternecimento (m)
v. - descongelar, dissolver, descontrair, comover

Русский (Russian)
(о снеге, льде) таять, смягчаться, оттепель

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - derretirse, descongelarse, deshelarse, deshielo, derretimiento, ablandarse, perder la frialdad
v. tr. - deshelar, derretir, hacer perder la reserva
n. - deshielo, derretimiento, tiempo del deshielo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tö
v. - töa, tina upp, tina

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
融化, 融解, 变暖和, 解冻, 变得随和, 变得融洽, 变得不拘束, 使融化, 使解冻, 使融解, 使变得不拘束, 使融洽, 解冻时期, 解冻季节, 缓和

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 融化, 融解, 變暖和, 解凍, 變得隨和, 變得融洽, 變得不拘束
v. tr. - 使融化, 使解凍, 使融解, 使變得不拘束, 使融洽
n. - 融化, 解凍, 解凍時期, 解凍季節, 緩和

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 녹다, 누그러지다, 유동적이 되다
v. tr. - 녹이다, 따뜻하게 하다, 풀리게 하다
n. - 해동, 해빙기, 긴장 완화

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 溶ける, 解凍状態になる, 氷が溶ける, 流動的になる, 和らぐ, 解凍する, 溶かす, 解ける, 打ち解ける
n. - 雪解け, 解氷, 解凍, 打ち解けること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دفء, ذوبان (فعل) يذوب الثلج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הפשיר, נמס, נמוג, התרכך, התחמם‬
v. tr. - ‮ריכך (קשיחות), המס, הכניס חיים ב-‬
n. - ‮הפשרה, התחממות‬


 
 
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