Thaw

Quick meaning: Thaw is a verb meaning To gradually cause (something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow) to melt or soften by raising the temperature.

Meaning

To gradually cause (something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow) to melt or soften by raising the temperature.

More Meanings

1. To gradually cause (someone or something that is very cold) to warm up.
2. To cause (something inactive) to become active; also, to cause (something unfeeling) to have feelings.
3. To cause (someone or their feelings that are reserved or unfriendly) to become friendly or gentle.
4. To cause (something rigid) to become limp.
5. Of something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow: to gradually melt or soften as a result of the temperature being raised.
6. Of someone or something that is very cold: to gradually warm up.
7. With the dummy pronoun it: of the weather: to become sufficiently warm for ice, snow, etc., to melt.

Example Sentences

Sette the potte to the fyre to thawe the water: […]

The Frame of burniſh'd Steel, that caſt a Glare / From far, and ſeem'd to thavv the freezing Air.

But Mr. Bailly vvill ſooner thavv the eternal ice of his atlantic regions, than reſtore the central heat to Paris, […]

I weep for Adonais—he is dead! / O, weep for Adonais! though our tears / Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head!

Word Forms

• thaws
• thawing
• thawed
• thawn
• thawest
• thawedst
• thaweth

Synonyms for thaw

Depending on context, synonyms include de-ice, melting, melt, unfreeze, warming, thawing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unthaw, unfreeze, melting, melt, warming, defrosting.

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