thawverb
uk/θɔː/us/θɑː/thaw verb (BECOME NOT FROZEN)
[ I or T ] to (cause to) change from a solid, frozen state to a liquid or soft one, because of an increase in temperature:
Allow the meat to thaw completely before cooking it.
The sun came out and thawed the ice.
It's beginning to thaw (= the weather is warm enough for snow and ice to melt).
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freeze verb
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Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- mogul
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
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thaw verb (BECOME FRIENDLY)
[ I ] to become friendlier or more relaxed:
The report shows that relations between the two enemies may be thawing.
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Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- relaxation
- settle
- simmer down
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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Phrasal verb(s)
thaw out
thawnoun [ S ]
uk/θɔː/us/θɑː/thaw noun [ S ] (FRIENDLY)
an increase in friendliness:
There are signs of a thaw in relations between the two countries.
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Friendly
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- amity
- approachable
- closeness
- comrade
- familiarity
- family-friendly
- first name
- forthcoming
- fraternal
- Freemasonry
- likeable
- matey
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- tête-à-tête
- well in (with) idiom
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thaw noun [ S ] (WEATHER)
the thaw
a period of warmer weather when snow and ice begin to melt:
There was an early thaw this year.
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Warm
- balmy
- chill
- lukewarm
- snug
- take the chill off sth idiom
- tepid
- thaw out
- toast
- toasty
- warm
- warm (sb/sth) up
- warmth