thaw

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1. thaw - Noun

2. thaw - Verb

3. Thaw - Proper noun

Meaning

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.

To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

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.

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Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces. Henry David Thoreau

To the mouse, snow means freedom from want and fear. ... To a rough-legged hawk, a thaw means freedom from want and fear. Aldo Leopold

Harry Thaw shot the wrong architect. Wilson Mizner

And then, despite everything, I smiled and looked at the note and knew that spring would come -it always does. so I stared out that cold window, watching my breath collect on the glass, trying not to think about my life after the thaw. Ally Carter

There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in. Leslie Nielsen

Thaw reveals what has been hidden by snow. Danish Proverb

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