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Antonyms for thawed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : thaw
Phonetic Transcription : θɔ

Definition of thawed

Origin :
  • Old English þawian, from Proto-Germanic *thawojanan (cf. Old Norse þeyja, Middle Low German doien, Dutch dooien, Old High German douwen, German tauen "to thaw"), from PIE root *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (cf. Sanskrit toyam "water," Ossetic thayun "to thaw," Welsh tawadd "molten," Doric Greek takein "to melt, waste, be consumed," Old Irish tam "pestilence," Latin tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," Old Church Slavonic tajati "to melt"). Related: Thawed; thawing.
  • verb unfreeze, warm
Example sentences :
  • Polar ice would have been thawed by this reopening of communication.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • If the fish is frozen, it should first be thawed in cold water.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Vera Farlow thawed considerably before the evening was over.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • Mr. Lumley thawed a bit at the sight of the proffered cigar.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "The snow had just then thawed from my eyes," he has himself often repeated.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • In all Alaskan camps the ground is frozen and must be thawed down.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • Every foot of dirt had to be thawed out by means of wood fires.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Her men did not sleep; they thawed themselves in relays and swarmed on deck again.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • His success seemed to have thawed his reserve for the time being.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • When the reserve peculiar to him is thawed, he can be very agreeable.
  • Extract from : « Lord John Russell » by Stuart J. Reid

Synonyms for thawed

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