thaw

See also: Thaw

English

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Etymology

From Middle English thowen, thawen, from Old English þawian, *þāwan (“to thaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną (“to thaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian daie, dauje (“to thaw”), West Frisian teie (“to thaw”), Dutch dooien (“to thaw”), German Low German deien (“to thaw”), German tauen (“to thaw”), Swedish töa (“to thaw”), Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”).

Pronunciation

Verb

thaw (third-person singular simple present thaws, present participle thawing, simple past and past participle thawed)

  1. (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.
    the ice thaws
  2. (impersonal, intransitive) To become sufficiently warm to melt ice and snow, said in reference to the weather.
    It's beginning to thaw.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
    Her anger has thawed.
  4. (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

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Noun

thaw (plural thaws)

  1. 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
  2. a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen
  3. (figuratively) A period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θau̯/

Verb

thaw

  1. aspirate mutation of taw

Mutation

Mutated forms of taw
radical soft nasal aspirate
taw daw nhaw thaw

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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