Word

thaw, v.
(thawed, thawing, thaws)
freq. cnt. 5

become or cause to become soft or liquid
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

dethaw dissolve melt thaw unfreeze unthaw

sample sentences

"The sun melted the ice"
"the ice thawed"
"the ice cream melted"
"The heat melted the wax"
"The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"
"dethaw the meat"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thaw thawing thaw

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

meltable melter melting melt

semantic pointers

hypernym

liquefy, flux, liquify

hyponym

deliquesce defrost, deice, de-ice