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thaw
[ thaw ]
verb (used without object)
- to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
Antonyms:
- to be freed from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold (sometimes followed by out ):
Sit by the fire and thaw out.
Synonyms:
- (of the weather) to become warm enough to melt ice and snow:
It will probably thaw today.
- to become less formal, reserved, or aloof:
He thawed at their kindness.
- to become less hostile or tense:
International relations thawed.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
- to free from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold; bring to a more normal temperature, especially to room temperature:
I took the steaks out of the freezer and thawed them.
- to make less cold, formal, or reserved.
Synonyms:
- to make less tense or hostile.
noun
- the act or process of thawing.
- the act or fact of becoming less formal, reserved, or aloof.
- a reduction or easing in tension or hostility.
- (in winter or in areas where freezing weather is the norm) weather warm enough to melt ice and snow.
- a period of such weather:
We had a two-week thaw in January.
- the thaw, the first day in the year when ice in harbors, rivers, etc., breaks up or loosens enough to begin flowing to the sea, allowing navigation:
The Anchorage thaw came on May 18th.
thaw
/ 胃蓴藧 /
verb
- to melt or cause to melt from a solid frozen state
the snow thawed
- to become or cause to become unfrozen; defrost
- intr to be the case that the ice or snow is melting
it's thawing fast
- intr to become more sociable, relaxed, or friendly
noun
- the act or process of thawing
- a spell of relatively warm weather, causing snow or ice to melt
- an increase in relaxation or friendliness
Derived Forms
- 藞迟丑补飞濒别蝉蝉, adjective
- 藞迟丑补飞别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 迟丑补飞顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
- 谤别路迟丑补飞顎 verb
- 耻苍顎卍别谤路迟丑补飞顎 verb
- 耻苍路迟丑补飞别诲顎 adjective
- 耻苍路迟丑补飞顎僫苍驳 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of thaw1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of thaw1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
There are still the thawing permafrost and melting ice sheets to take into account.
As with the world that freezes in winter then thaws back to life, resurrection often involves the cold.
She added that the tea reminds her of the 鈥渢hawing of winter.鈥
But there was no immediate prospect of a thaw in the two rival's protectionist posture.
Signs of a thaw surfaced last year when 42 U.S. films released in China, according to Omdia analyst David Hancock.
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