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thawing
verb
noun
To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
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verb
To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
“the ice thaws”
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
“It's beginning to thaw.”
To grow gentle or genial.
“Her anger has thawed.”
To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
noun
The process by which something thaws.
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the ice thaws
It's beginning to thaw.
Her anger has thawed.