thaw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thaw	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for thaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thaw n 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" Synonym(s): thaw, melt, thawing, melting warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" Synonym(s): thaw, thawing, warming a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs" v become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" Synonym(s): dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thaw \Thaw\, v. t. To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thaw \Thaw\, n. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thaw \Thaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thawing}.] [AS. [ed][be]wian, [ed][be]wan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen 8digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel. [ed]eyja, Sw. t[94]a, Dan. t[94]e, and perhaps to Gr. [?] to melt. [fb]56.] 1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. 2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally. 3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.