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Definition of Thaw

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Thaw Thaw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thawing.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian, [thorn][=a]wan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen 8digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel. [thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan. t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr. ? to melt. [root]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.
Thaw
Thaw Thaw, v. t. To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
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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.

Meaning of Thaw from wikipedia

- Look up thaw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thaw or THAW may refer to: Thawing or melting Thaw (weather), the melting of snow and ice The Thaw (1931...
- John Edward Thaw (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor in television, stage and cinema, best known for his starring roles in the television...
- and that "along the way, the characters become a little endearing". reTHAWed is a community-made mod of the PC version of American Wasteland. It not...
- Abigail J. Thaw (born 1 October 1965) is an English actress known for her role of investigative journalist Dorothea Frazil in detective drama series Endeavour...
- Harry Kendall Thaw's obsessive and abusive fixation on both Nesbit and architect Stanford White, which resulted in White's murder by Thaw in 1906. As a...
- Harry Kendall Thaw (February 12, 1871 – February 22, 1947) was the son of American coal and railroad baron William Thaw Sr. Heir to a multimillion-dollar...
- San Thaw Thaw (born 9 January 2001) is a Burmese footballer who plays as a forward for the Myanmar women's national team. San Thaw Thaw represented Myanmar...
- Russell William Thaw (October 25, 1910 – May 6, 1984) was an American airplane pilot and former childhood actor. While working as the chief pilot for the...
- Thaw is the period when the snow and ice melt, at the end of the winter, in cold climates. January thaw is a term applied to a thaw or rise in temperature...
- The Khrushchev Thaw (Russian: хрущёвская о́ттепель, romanized: khrushchovskaya ottepel, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfskəjə ˈotʲːɪpʲɪlʲ] or simply ottepel) is the period...