Dictionary Entry
thaw
thaw is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
- 2intransitive verb
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
- 3intransitive verb
Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.
- 4transitive verb
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
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"
- 7noun
warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
"they welcomed the spring thaw"
- 8noun
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"
- 9verb
become or cause to become soft or liquid
"The sun melted the ice"
"the ice thawed"
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