to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.

to be freed from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold (sometimes fol. by out )

Sit by the fire and thaw out.

(of the weather) to become warm enough to melt ice and snow

It will probably thaw today.

to become less formal, reserved, or aloof

He thawed at their kindness.

to become less hostile or tense

International relations thawed.

to cause to change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.

to free from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold; bring to a more normal temperature, esp. to room temperature

I took the steaks out of the freezer and thawed them.

to make less cold, formal, or reserved.

to make less tense or hostile.

the act or process of thawing.

the act or fact of becoming less formal, reserved, or aloof.

a reduction or easing in tension or hostility.

(in winter or in areas where freezing weather is the norm) weather warm enough to melt ice and snow.

a period of such weather

We had a two-week thaw in January.

the thaw, the first day in the year when ice in harbors, rivers, etc., breaks up or loosens enough to begin flowing to the sea, allowing navigation

The Anchorage thaw came on May 18th.

verb

freeze

verb

become liquid , become soft , defrost , deliquesce , dissolve , flow , flux , fuse , liquefy , loosen , melt , mollify , open up , relax , relent , run , soften , unbend , warm up , deice , unfreeze , warm