thaw

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thaw /θ'ɔː/ (thaws thawing thawed)
1 [VERB] V
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...
2 [N-COUNT]
A thaw is a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter.
We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.
3 [VERB] V n, V
When you thaw frozen food or when it thaws, you leave it in a place where it can reach room temperature so that it is ready for use.
Always thaw pastry thoroughly...
The food in the freezer had thawed during a power cut.
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron), also V P
Thaw out means the same as thaw.
Thaw it out completely before reheating in a saucepan...
I remember to thaw out the chicken before I leave home.
4 [VERB] V n, V
If something thaws relations between people or if relations thaw, they become friendly again after a period of being unfriendly.
At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere...
It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.
[N-SING]
Thaw is also a noun.
His visit is one of the most striking results of the thaw in relations between East and West.thaw out
see thaw 3

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