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Meanings of thaw in English

Portuguese
fusão
Catalan
desglaç
Spanish
fusión
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The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.

        fusão
        Portuguese
        amolecer
        Catalan
        desfer
        Spanish
        deshacer

        Become or cause to become soft or liquid.

              amolecer

              A period of lessening tension between rivals.

                    To remove frost from.

                          Usage of thaw in English
                          1
                          Nevertheless there was little change in the temperature; the thaw still prevailed.
                          The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
                          2
                          The thaw did not improve our military situation, but made it worse.
                          The forgotten soldier
                          3
                          The storm died down, the thaw set in, and the snow melted.
                          Greenmantle
                          4
                          Rice Energy is testing the limits of the U.S. energy M&A thaw.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          But the softness in the Christmas air did not presage a thaw.
                          A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
                          6
                          The winter was severe, and the thaw did not set in quickly.
                          Original Short Stories — Volume 02
                          7
                          Was this Fett again now, come to thaw him for more abuse?
                          Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
                          8
                          Hence also the thaw in Russia's relations with its erstwhile foe, Israel.
                          Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era
                          9
                          If I was frozen, I'd be in a major thaw right now.
                          Hula Done It?
                          10
                          Carry the most thick-ribbed ice into the sun and it will thaw.
                          Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
                          11
                          Everyone held their positions, frozen as if waiting for the spring thaw.
                          To the blight: the eye of the world
                          12
                          We always need to thaw out our wings in order to fly.
                          Depths
                          13
                          To use, let it thaw out and bake them in the oven.
                          The South African
                          14
                          The estimate excludes possible acceleration of a thaw of Antarctica or Greenland.
                          Reuters
                          15
                          As the thaw begins, thoughts turn to the cost of the disruption.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          By December the river will be frozen and won't thaw until April.
                          The Guardian
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                          Thaw through the time
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