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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thaw  \Thaw\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Thawed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Thawing}.]  [AS.  [thorn][=a]wian,  [thorn][=a]wan;  akin  to  D. 
  dovijen  G.  tauen,  thauen  (cf.  also  verdauen  8digest,  OHG. 
  douwen  firdouwen),  Icel.  [thorn]eyja,  Sw  t["o]a,  Dan. 
  t["o]e,  and  perhaps  to  Gr  ?  to  melt.  [root]56.] 
  1.  To  melt,  dissolve,  or  become  fluid;  to  soften;  --  said  of 
  that  which  is  frozen;  as  the  ice  thaws. 
 
  2.  To  become  so  warm  as  to  melt  ice  and  snow;  --  said  in 
  reference  to  the  weather,  and  used  impersonally. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  To  grow  gentle  or  genial. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thawed 
  adj  1:  no  longer  frozen  solid;  "the  thawed  ice  was  treacheous" 
  2:  no  longer  frozen;  "the  thawed  ground  was  muddy" 




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