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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English thowen, thawen, from Old English þāwian, from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).
Pronunciation
Verb
thaw (third-person singular simple present thaws, present participle thawing, simple past and past participle thawed)
- (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
the ice thaws
- (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
It's beginning to thaw.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
Her anger has thawed.
- (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 167:Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne, / To whom I am a neighbour,and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne, / Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue whoſe blood is reddeſt,his or mine.
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Translations
to melt, dissolve, or become fluid
- Arabic: ذَابَ (ḏāba)
- Belarusian: растава́ць impf (rastavácʹ), раста́яць pf (rastájacʹ)
- Bulgarian: топя се (topja se), разтопявам се (raztopjavam se)
- Catalan: descongelar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 解凍/解冻 (zh) (jiědòng), 渐融 (jiànróng), 融化 (zh) (rónghuà)
- Czech: tát (cs)
- Danish: tø (da)
- Dutch: dooien (nl)
- Esperanto: fandiĝi, likviĝi
- Finnish: sulaa (fi)
- French: dégeler (fr)
- Galician: derreter
- German: tauen (de), schmelzen (de)
- Greek: λιώνω (el) (lióno)
- Hebrew: הפשיר (hifshír)
- Hungarian: olvad (hu)
- Italian: fondersi (it), scongelarsi (it)
- Japanese: 溶ける (ja) (とける, tokeru)
- Korean: 녹다 (ko) (nokda)
- Latgalian: izalaist
- Latvian: izkust
- Lithuanian: ištirpti
- Maori: koero
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norman: dêgeler
- Norwegian: tine (no)
- Bokmål: tø (no), tine (no)
- Occitan: desgelar, destorrar, desglaçar, descongelar
- Polish: roztapiać się impf, roztopić się (pl) pf, topnieć (pl) impf, stopnieć pf, tajać (pl) impf, odtajać pf
- Portuguese: descongelar (pt), derreter (pt)
- Romanian: decongela (ro), a se dezgheța (ro)
- Russian: та́ять (ru) impf (tájatʹ), раста́ять (ru) pf (rastájatʹ), отта́ивать (ru) impf (ottáivatʹ), отта́ять (ru) pf (ottájatʹ), раста́ивать (ru) impf (rastáivatʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: leagh
- Serbo-Croatian: топити impf
- Slovene: stopiti se
- Spanish: descongelar (es), derretir (es)
- Swedish: töa (sv), smälta (sv)
- Thai: ละลาย (th) (lá-laai)
- Ukrainian: та́нути impf (tánuty), розтава́ти impf (roztaváty), розта́нути pf (roztánuty)
- Venetian: desleguarse (vec), desfantarse
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to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve
- Arabic: أَذَابَ (ʔaḏāba)
- Aromanian: dizgljets
- Bulgarian: топя (bg) (topja), разтопявам (bg) (raztopjavam)
- Czech: rozpustit (cs)
- Dutch: ontdooien (nl)
- Finnish: sulattaa (fi)
- Galician: derreter
- German: auftauen (de)
- Greek: αποψύχω (el) (apopsýcho), ξεπαγώνω (el) (xepagóno)
- Hebrew: הפשיר (hifshír)
- Hungarian: felolvaszt (hu), kiolvaszt (hu)
- Italian: fondere (it), scongelare (it)
- Japanese: 溶かす (ja) (とかす, tokasu)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: rozmrażać (pl) impf, rozmrozić (pl) pf, topić (pl) impf, roztapiać impf, roztopić (pl) pf,
- Romanian: dezgheța (ro)
- Russian: раста́пливать (ru) impf (rastáplivatʹ), растопи́ть (ru) pf (rastopítʹ)
- Spanish: descongelar (es), derretir (es)
- Swedish: smälta (sv), tina (sv)
- Thai: ละลาย (th) (lá-laai)
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Noun
thaw (plural thaws)
- The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
- a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen
- (figuratively) A period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding.
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the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Aromanian: jigãrditsã
- Bulgarian: топене (bg) n (topene), разтопяване n (raztopjavane)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 解凍/解冻 (zh) (jiědòng), 融化 (zh) (rónghuà)
- Czech: tání (cs) n
- Dutch: dooi (nl) m
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: sulaminen (fi)
- French: dégel (fr)
- Galician: desxeo m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Schmelze (de) f
- Greek: ξεπάγωμα (el) n (xepágoma), απόψυξη (el) f (apópsyxi)
- Hebrew: הפשרה f (hafshará)
- Hindi: हिमद्रवण (himadravaṇ), हिमक्षरण (himakṣaraṇ), गलन (hi) (galan), पिघलाव (pighlāv), द्रवण (hi) (dravaṇ)
- Hungarian: olvadás (hu)
- Italian: disgelo (it)
- Japanese: 雪解け (ja) (ゆきどけ, yukidoke), 霜解け (しもどけ, shimodoke), 解氷 (ja) (かいひょう, kaihyō)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: destorrada f, desgèl m
- Polish: odwilż (pl) f, tajanie n, roztop m
- Portuguese: degelo (pt) m
- Russian: та́яние (ru) n (tájanije)
- Scottish Gaelic: aiteamh m
- Spanish: deshelar (es), deshielo (es) m, descongelación (es) f, derretimiento (es) m
- Swedish: tö (sv), töväder (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Yiddish: אַדליגע f (adlige)
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warmer weather that melts ice and snow
reduced tension or increased friendliness
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Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
thaw
- Aspirate mutation of taw.
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