[thaw] 
| 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. |
| 3. | (of the weather) to become warm enough to melt ice and snow: It will probably thaw today. |
| 4. | to become less formal, reserved, or aloof: He thawed at their kindness. |
| 5. | to become less hostile or tense: International relations thawed. |
| 6. | to cause to change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt. |
| 7. | to free from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold; bring to a more normal temperature, esp. to room temperature: I took the steaks out of the freezer and thawed them. |
| 8. | to make less cold, formal, or reserved. |
| 9. | to make less tense or hostile. |
| 10. | the act or process of thawing. |
| 11. | the act or fact of becoming less formal, reserved, or aloof. |
| 12. | a reduction or easing in tension or hostility. |
| 13. | (in winter or in areas where freezing weather is the norm) weather warm enough to melt ice and snow. |
| 14. | a period of such weather: We had a two-week thaw in January. |
| 15. | the thaw, the first day in the year when ice in harbors, rivers, etc., breaks up or loosens enough to begin flowing to the sea, allowing navigation: The Anchorage thaw came on May 18th. |
