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Another word for thaw

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thaw

v.

To melt
dissolve, liquefy, flow, run, deliquesce, liquate, fuse, become liquid; see also dissolve 1, melt 1.
Antonyms freeze*, congeal, refrigerate.
To unbend
open up, loosen, become soft, relent, relax, mollify, grow genial; see also soften 1.
Antonyms stiffen*, harden, grow cool. See syn. study at melt.melt.

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Another word for thaw

verb

To change from a solid to a liquid:

deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, run. See solid

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The rivers scarcely thaw before July.
It was frozen, but it would soon thaw in this heat.
I sensed a thaw in you.
She saw the thaw from the cactus daring anyone to touch him to the man she'd spoken to on the phone.
When required for use they are removed to cool sheds to thaw, and are then gradually inured to higher temperatures.

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