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  • 1Thaw (weather) — Thaw is the period when the snow and ice melt, at the end of the winter, in cold climates.A special thaw, outside normal season, is January thaw. January thaw The January thaw is an observed but unexplained temperature rise in mid winter found in …

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  • 2Thaw — may refer to: * . * Gomułka thaw * Khrushchev Thaw, period in Soviet history * Thaw (album), studio album by Foetus Interruptus * The Thaw ( Voyager episode), second season episode of Star Trek: Voyager * Tony Hawk s American Wasteland, video… …

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  • 3thaw´er — thaw «th», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to melt (ice, snow, or anything frozen); free from frost: »The sun at noon thaws the ice on the roads very quickly. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under melt. (Cf. ↑melt) …

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  • 4thaw — [thô] vi. [ME thawen < OE thawian, akin to Du dooien, Ger (ver)dauen, to digest < IE base * tā , to melt, dissolve, flow > L tabere, to melt, vanish] 1. a) to become liquid or semiliquid; melt: said of ice, snow, etc. b) to pass to an… …

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  • 5thaw — (v.) O.E. þawian, from P.Gmc. *thawojanan (Cf. O.N. þeyja, M.L.G. doien, Du. dooien, O.H.G. douwen, Ger. tauen to thaw ), from PIE root *ta to melt, dissolve (Cf. Skt. toyam water, Ossetic thayun to thaw, Wel …

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  • 6thaw — thaw; thaw·less; un·thaw; …

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  • 7thaw out — To return from frozen to normal condition • • • Main Entry: ↑thaw …

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  • 8thaw — haw, n. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed …

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  • 9thaw — haw (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,… …

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  • 10thaw — haw, v. t. To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. [1913 Webster] …

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