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thaw
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- pronunciation:
- thaw
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
thaws, thawing, thawed |
definition 1: |
to become unfrozen or melt.
- synonyms:
- melt
- antonyms:
- freeze
- similar words:
- defrost, liquefy, soften, warm
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definition 2: |
to regain feeling, flexibility, or the like by unfreezing or warming.
Her fingers soon thawed out over the fire.- antonyms:
- freeze
- similar words:
- warm up
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definition 3: |
to become warm enough to melt ice and snow, as the weather.
- similar words:
- warm up
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related words: |
dissolve, melt |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
definition 1: |
to cause to become unfrozen.
- synonyms:
- defrost
- antonyms:
- freeze
- similar words:
- liquefy, melt, soften, warm
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definition 2: |
to return to normal temperature, or to the state of feeling, flexibility, or the like found at normal temperature; warm or defrost.
- synonyms:
- defrost
- antonyms:
- freeze
- similar words:
- warm
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the act or process of thawing.
- antonyms:
- freeze
- similar words:
- warming
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definition 2: |
weather warm enough to melt ice and snow, or a period of such weather.
an early thaw- synonyms:
- melt
- antonyms:
- freeze
- similar words:
- spring, warmth
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definition 3: |
an easing of reserve, hostility, or the like.
a welcome thaw in our relations- synonyms:
- easing
- similar words:
- improvement, reconciliation, relaxation
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