thaw

/θɔː/ · noun

Meaning

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
A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen
To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
To grow gentle or genial.
To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

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