thaw´er

thaw´er: thaw «th», verb, noun.

–v.t.

1. to melt (ice, snow, or anything frozen); free from frost: »The sun at noon thaws the ice on the roads very quickly.
SYNONYM(S): See syn. under melt. (Cf. ↑melt)

2. to make no longer frozen: »to thaw a frozen chicken, to thaw a package of frozen peas.

3. Figurative. to make less stiff and formal in manner; soften.

–v.i.

1. to become warm enough to melt ice and snow; rise above a temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees centigrade (Celsius) (said of the weather, and used impersonally): »It thawed early last spring. If the sun stays out, it will probably thaw today.

2. to become free, as of frost or ice: »Our sidewalk thawed yesterday. The pond freezes up in November and thaws out in April. Frozen peas thaw quickly in boiling water.

3. Figurative. to become less cold, less formal, or less reserved in manner; soften: »His shyness thawed under her kindness.

–n.

1. the act or process of thawing.

2. weather above the freezing point (32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees centigrade, Celsius); time of melting: »In January we usually have a thaw.

3. Figurative. the act of becoming less stiff and formal in manner; softening.

4. Figurative. a relation of authority or control; a lessening in rigidity or severity: »the exceptional freedoms granted to the Roman Catholic Church in Poland during the 1956 political “thaw” (London Times).

╂[Old English thawian]

–thaw´er, noun.

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thaw — [thô] vi. [ME thawen < OE thawian, akin to Du dooien, Ger (ver)dauen, to digest < IE base * tā , to melt, dissolve, flow > L tabere, to melt, vanish] 1. a) to become liquid or semiliquid; melt: said of ice, snow, etc. b) to pass to an… … English World dictionary
thaw — (v.) O.E. þawian, from P.Gmc. *thawojanan (Cf. O.N. þeyja, M.L.G. doien, Du. dooien, O.H.G. douwen, Ger. tauen to thaw ), from PIE root *ta to melt, dissolve (Cf. Skt. toyam water, Ossetic thayun to thaw, Wel … Etymology dictionary
thaw — thaw; thaw·less; un·thaw; … English syllables
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thaw — haw, v. t. To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thaw — vb melt, *liquefy, deliquesce, fuse Antonyms: freeze … New Dictionary of Synonyms
thaw — [v] unfreeze, warm become liquid, become soft, defrost, deliquesce, dissolve, flow, flux, fuse, liquefy, loosen, melt, mollify, open up, relax, relent, run, soften, unbend, warm up; concepts 13,255,469 Ant. freeze … New thesaurus
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