spring thaw
1thaw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ slow ▪ sudden ▪ spring, summer ▪ The arctic shore remains frozen until the summer thaw. THAW + VERB …
2thaw — [[t]θɔ͟ː[/t]] thaws, thawing, thawed 1) VERB When ice, snow, or something else that is frozen thaws, it melts. It s so cold the snow doesn t get a chance to thaw... The ground has thawed. 2) N COUNT A thaw is a period of warmer weather when snow… …
3thaw — thaw1 [ θɔ ] verb 1. ) thaw or thaw out intransitive or transitive if ice or snow thaws or something thaws it, it becomes warmer and changes into liquid: Thawing sea ice in the Arctic can trigger climate change. a ) intransitive or transitive if… …
4thaw — n. 1) the spring thaw 2) a thaw sets in (also fig.) * * * [θɔː] the spring thaw a thaw sets in (also fig.) …
5thaw — v 1. melt, soften, dissolve, liquefy, liquidize, turn into water, liquesce, deliquesce, melt away, leave nothing but a puddle; puddle, flow, stream, run. 2.Sometimes thaw out defrost, unfreeze, deice, take out of the freezer; warm up, heat up,… …
6thaw — 1. verb allow the ice cream to thaw for about ten minutes before folding in the other ingredients Syn: melt, unfreeze, soften, liquefy, dissolve; defrost, warm Ant: freeze 2. noun 1) spring thaw Syn: runoff …
7thaw´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) …
8thaw — [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… …
9thaw — [[t]θɔ[/t]] v. i. 1) to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt 2) to be freed from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold (sometimes fol. by out): Sit by the fire and thaw out[/ex] 3) mer (of the weather) to… …
10Alice Cornelia Thaw — Born January 2, 1880(1880 01 02) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died May 8, 1955( …
