thawing
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English
Definitions
verb
- To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen“the ice thaws”
- To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.“It's beginning to thaw.”
- To grow gentle or genial.“Her anger has thawed.”
- To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
noun
- The process by which something thaws.
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Synonyms
meltingmeltwarmingdefrostingdefrostmeltwatersnowmelticesmeltingbreak-upsevensourcethawerunfreezingreheatingthaification