Definitions for thaw

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IPA: /θɔ/

Thaw is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in thaw (ahtw).

Definitions for thaw

noun

1. the act or process of thawing.
2. the act or fact of becoming less formal, reserved, or aloof.
3. a reduction or easing in tension or hostility.
4. (in winter or in areas where freezing weather is the norm) weather warm enough to melt ice and snow.
5. a period of such weather:
6. the thaw, the first day in the year when ice in harbors, rivers, etc., breaks up or loosens enough to begin flowing to the sea, allowing navigation:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
2. to free from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold; bring to a more normal temperature, especially to room temperature:
3. to make less cold, formal, or reserved.
4. to make less tense or hostile.

verb (used without object)

1. to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
2. to be freed from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold (sometimes followed by out):
3. (of the weather) to become warm enough to melt ice and snow:
4. to become less formal, reserved, or aloof:
5. to become less hostile or tense:

Origin of thaw

before 1000; (v.) Middle English thawen, Old English thawian; cognate with Dutch dooien, Old Norse theyja; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.

Examples for thaw

The thaw between Washington and Cuba finally begins to close a chapter of the Cold War.

In sheltered spots the glass rose as high as 31, and symptoms of a thaw appeared.

But with March came a thaw, with mild weather and fogs and rain.

The thaw had turned to a light rain and the Captain carried an umbrella.

And so the election arrives with no thaw in relations between the Yingluck and Suthep camps.

He knew that his case was hopeless, and he would not thaw even to the priest.

But despite these private signals and messages, the relationship may not be ready for a thaw.

"That thaw was a weather-breeder, sure enough," observed Captain Jerry.

After a half-century of frigid relations, the U.S. and Cuba have agreed to a thaw as the result of 18 months of secret talks.

The issue can be complicated by a thaw followed by a freeze, or by pre-existing ice.