to thaw is a form of:
Thaw
noun
- 1.
- (Melting of ice or snow) ការរលាយ
Example: If the ice thaws, we cannot go skating, We had an early thaw in February.
verb — past tense: thawed ; past participle: thawed ; present participle: thawing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (melt, to pass to an unfrozen state, to become warmer) រលាយ (អ្វីដែលកក)
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to cause to thaw, to cause to melt or bring to a temperature above the freezing point, to make or become friendlier or less formal) ធ្វើអោយរលាយ (អ្វីដែលកក)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
verb — past tense: thawed ; past participle: thawed ; present participle: thawing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
- 3.
- (FIGURATIVE) (INTRANSITIVE) To grow gentle or genial.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.