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# thaw

verb (thaw, thaws, thawed, thawing); noun (a thaw)

«thaw» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To thaw is to melt: ice or snow thaws when it gets warmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#m1)
2. To thaw frozen food is to let it become soft and unfrozen before cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#m2)
3. A thaw is a time of warmer weather when snow and ice melt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#m3)
4. If a person or a relationship thaws, it becomes friendlier after being cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on states of matter, thawing is melting: solid ice changes to liquid water above 0 °C. In cooking and food safety, frozen meat must be thawed in the fridge, not left out. In geography, the spring thaw makes rivers rise. In stories «she thawed a little» means she became friendlier. Phrases: «thaw out», «spring thaw», «defrost».

### Examples

- The snow began to thaw in March. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x1)
- Thaw the chicken in the fridge overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x2)
- The ice on the pond thawed in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x3)
- After the thaw, the river flooded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x4)
- My frozen fingers thawed out by the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x5)
- Ice thaws at 0 °C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x6)
- Their friendship slowly thawed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x7)
- The snow that lay upon it was partially thawed, and the stones crumbled beneath the feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/#x8)

### Note

Past: thawed. «Thaw» is mostly used for ice, snow and frozen food; «melt» is wider (chocolate melts). Opposite: freeze. Safety: never walk on ice that is thawing. Rhymes with «saw».

## In Jewish tradition

In science lessons on states of matter, thawing is melting: solid ice changes to liquid water above 0 °C. In cooking and food safety, frozen meat must be thawed in the fridge, not left out. In geography, the spring thaw makes rivers rise. In stories «she thawed a little» means she became friendlier. Phrases: «thaw out», «spring thaw», «defrost».

### Examples

- The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.\] Taw-Thaw. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thaw/#x1)

### Note

Past: thawed. «Thaw» is mostly used for ice, snow and frozen food; «melt» is wider (chocolate melts). Opposite: freeze. Safety: never walk on ice that is thawing. Rhymes with «saw».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thaw.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «thaw» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thaw/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thaw» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thaw.html) on Mova free.