Thaw | Mean of thaw in English Dictionary

/ˈθɑː/

• Verb
• to stop being frozen or to cause (something) to stop being frozen
1. The ice on the pond is beginning to thaw. [=melt]
2. Plant the seeds in early spring as soon as the ground thaws.
3. The meat will have to thaw out before you can use it.
4. The sun will soon thaw the snow and ice.
5. You'll have to thaw the meat out before you can use it.
• to become warm enough that snow and ice melt
1. The weather is beginning to thaw.
• to return to a normal temperature after being very cold
1. Our cold fingers and toes eventually thawed.
2. We sat in front of the fire and let our feet thaw out.
3. She held the coffee cup tightly, trying to thaw her frozen fingers.

• to become more friendly and less angry
1. Relations between the countries have thawed since the trade embargo was lifted.
2. Efforts to thaw relations between the two countries have failed.
• Noun
• a period of weather that is warm enough to melt ice and snow
1. flooding from the spring thaw
• a situation in which a relationship becomes more friendly and less angry
1. a thaw in international relations