thawed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. no longer frozen solid“the thawed ice was treacherous”
  2. no longer frozen“the thawed ground was muddy”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally. [1913 Webster]

3.Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare cold[4], a. and hard[6], a. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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