Found 3 items, similar to thawing.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: thaw
meleleh
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: thawing
thawing
n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a
liquid;
“the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster”;
“the thawing of a frozen turkey
takes several hours” [syn:
thaw,
melt,
melting]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt;
“they
welcomed the spring thaw” [syn:
thaw,
warming]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Thawing
thaw
\thaw\ (th[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Thawed (th[add]d);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Thawing.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian,
[thorn][=a]wan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf.
also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel.
[thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan. t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr.
th`kein to melt. [root]56.]
1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of
that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
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2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in
reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
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3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare
cold[4], a. and
hard[6], a.
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