thaw

English

/θɔː/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
  • (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
  • (intransitive) To grow gentle or genial.
  • (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thowen inherited from Old English þāwian inherited from *þauwjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (melt, flow, stream, mold, dwindle, knead).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*teh₂-

Gloss

melt, flow, stream, mold, dwindle, knead

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

河

Emoji
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