Thawing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen

"the ice thaws"

2.verbTo become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

"It's beginning to thaw."

3.verbTo grow gentle or genial.

"Her anger has thawed."

4.verbTo gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

5.nounThe process by which something thaws.

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