Thaw
verb
To change from a frozen solid to a liquid because of heat.
The snow starts to thaw as spring approaches.
Often appears as...
- spring thaw
- rapid thaw
verb
To become more friendly or relaxed.
After a hard start, he begins to thaw and follow the flow of the conversation.
Often appears as...
- thaw out
- thaw up
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
noun
The process of something becoming unfrozen or no longer frozen.
A sudden thaw caused the river to rise dramatically.
Often appears as...
- spring thaw
- quick thaw
noun
A more friendly or relaxed period after a tense one.
His speech marked the beginning of a thaw in relations between the two countries.
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
verb
To change from a frozen solid to a liquid because of heat.
The snow starts to thaw as spring approaches.
Often appears as...
- spring thaw
- rapid thaw
verb
To become more friendly or relaxed.
After a hard start, he begins to thaw and follow the flow of the conversation.
Often appears as...
- thaw out
- thaw up
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
noun
The process of something becoming unfrozen or no longer frozen.
A sudden thaw caused the river to rise dramatically.
Often appears as...
- spring thaw
- quick thaw
noun
A more friendly or relaxed period after a tense one.
His speech marked the beginning of a thaw in relations between the two countries.
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Reference
‘Thaw’ often refers to ice or snow melting as weather gets warmer, especially at the end of winter.
The lake began to thaw in early March.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Change
Thawing usually implies a slow, natural change, not an immediate switch from solid to liquid.
The ground slowly thawed after the blizzard.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Requirement
Heat is necessary for thawing; emphasizes natural process versus artificial heating like microwaving.
The meat will thaw on the counter faster than in the fridge.
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Reference
‘Thaw’ often refers to ice or snow melting as weather gets warmer, especially at the end of winter.
The lake began to thaw in early March.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Change
Thawing usually implies a slow, natural change, not an immediate switch from solid to liquid.
The ground slowly thawed after the blizzard.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Requirement
Heat is necessary for thawing; emphasizes natural process versus artificial heating like microwaving.
The meat will thaw on the counter faster than in the fridge.
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Reference
‘Thaw’ often refers to ice or snow melting as weather gets warmer, especially at the end of winter.
The lake began to thaw in early March.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Change
Thawing usually implies a slow, natural change, not an immediate switch from solid to liquid.
The ground slowly thawed after the blizzard.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Requirement
Heat is necessary for thawing; emphasizes natural process versus artificial heating like microwaving.
The meat will thaw on the counter faster than in the fridge.
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How to find work you...
and I'm getting out of the water and of course half the kids are already finished, so they're cheering me on and they're all excited. And I got total popsicle head, if anyone's ever swam in the Bay, and I'm trying to just thaw my face out, and I'm watching people finish. And I see this one kid, something didn't look right. And he's just flailing like this.
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Time-lapse proof of...
on rocks on the sides of the glaciers and they look in on the glacier from permanent bedrock positions and they watch the evolution of the landscape we just had a number of cameras out on the Greenland ice sheet we actually drilled holes into the ice way deep down below the thawing level and had some cameras
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Alaskan Freezer - ...
beatin down warms things up the blood right there ston and dripping already I left this caribou out for several days in the Sun it could warm up enough that the meat would be thawing out and eventually it would actually spoil even though it's winter time so I got to get this into the snow bury it to protect
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Mammoths resurrected and...
And grasslands are made by grazers. So these animals are there, grazing away, and they're doing a couple of things. First of all, they're turning the tundra, the moss, back into grassland. Grassland fixes carbon. Tundra, in a warming world, is thawing and releasing a lot of carbon dioxide
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The 4 stories we tell...
that we are reinventing it again for the scientific age, for example, with the idea of cryonics. That's the idea that when you die, you can have yourself frozen, and then, at some point when technology has advanced enough, you can be thawed out and repaired and revived
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James Balog: Time-lapse...
We actually drilled holes into the ice, way deep down below the thawing level, and had some cameras out there for the past month and a half or so. Actually, there's still a camera out there right now. In any case, the cameras shoot roughly every hour.
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Inside a Frozen Zoo PIPE...
so here is the start of life an IVF life when sperm is put with the egg to create an embryo the next step in frozen zoo technology is learning how to freeze and successfully thaw the embryos and sperm every species is different and each
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What if cracks in...
excessive freezing and thawing, and heavy loads can trigger cracking. And it’s not just big breaks that tiny cracks can be just as dangerous. Concrete is often used as a secondary support around steel reinforcements.
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How Ancient Arctic...
to make sure that global climate policy is accounting for permafrost and aiming for the right targets. But the truth is, even with the most ambitious climate action, some permafrost is going to thaw --
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Reversing animal...
including mammoths when humans killed them off Tundra and boreal forests took over and right now thawing Tundra is releasing greenhouse gases grasslands if
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How to find work you...
and I'm getting out of the water and of course half the kids are already finished, so they're cheering me on and they're all excited. And I got total popsicle head, if anyone's ever swam in the Bay, and I'm trying to just thaw my face out, and I'm watching people finish. And I see this one kid, something didn't look right. And he's just flailing like this.
Video examples
Time-lapse proof of...
on rocks on the sides of the glaciers and they look in on the glacier from permanent bedrock positions and they watch the evolution of the landscape we just had a number of cameras out on the Greenland ice sheet we actually drilled holes into the ice way deep down below the thawing level and had some cameras
Video examples
Alaskan Freezer - ...
beatin down warms things up the blood right there ston and dripping already I left this caribou out for several days in the Sun it could warm up enough that the meat would be thawing out and eventually it would actually spoil even though it's winter time so I got to get this into the snow bury it to protect
Video examples
Mammoths resurrected and...
And grasslands are made by grazers. So these animals are there, grazing away, and they're doing a couple of things. First of all, they're turning the tundra, the moss, back into grassland. Grassland fixes carbon. Tundra, in a warming world, is thawing and releasing a lot of carbon dioxide
Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
that we are reinventing it again for the scientific age, for example, with the idea of cryonics. That's the idea that when you die, you can have yourself frozen, and then, at some point when technology has advanced enough, you can be thawed out and repaired and revived
Video examples
James Balog: Time-lapse...
We actually drilled holes into the ice, way deep down below the thawing level, and had some cameras out there for the past month and a half or so. Actually, there's still a camera out there right now. In any case, the cameras shoot roughly every hour.
Video examples
Inside a Frozen Zoo PIPE...
so here is the start of life an IVF life when sperm is put with the egg to create an embryo the next step in frozen zoo technology is learning how to freeze and successfully thaw the embryos and sperm every species is different and each
Video examples
What if cracks in...
excessive freezing and thawing, and heavy loads can trigger cracking. And it’s not just big breaks that tiny cracks can be just as dangerous. Concrete is often used as a secondary support around steel reinforcements.
Video examples
How Ancient Arctic...
to make sure that global climate policy is accounting for permafrost and aiming for the right targets. But the truth is, even with the most ambitious climate action, some permafrost is going to thaw --
Video examples
Reversing animal...
including mammoths when humans killed them off Tundra and boreal forests took over and right now thawing Tundra is releasing greenhouse gases grasslands if
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Jemele Hill
American Journalist
I routinely get e-mails from readers who are disgusted because they feel the race card is played too much and inappropriately. (By the way, can someone put the phrase 'race card' in a cryogenic chamber and never thaw it? It demeans what is still a real struggle).
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Bridget Marquardt
We decided to go ahead and thaw my eggs that I had retrieved at the mansion, and none of them survived the thaw. That was pretty devastating for me because all this time I though I had an amazing insurance policy, and it didn't work out.
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Muammar al-Gaddafi
Libyan Leader
It was very much exaggerated, this information campaign, this sustained campaign against us. But if I may... Over the process of years, it will thaw out. I mean, just gradually through contact, through dialogue, through investment.
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Summer Sanders
American Athlete
Protein is important and hard for me to get in a hurry. We're busy. I don't always remember to thaw the chicken for dinner. I always have eggs, and they're light and satisfying. I never feel stuffed at the end of it.
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John le Carre
English Writer
When you are brought up as a frozen child, you go on freezing. It wasn't until I had my four sons, who have brought me immense joy, that I began to thaw. That I realised how utterly extraordinary my childhood was.
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Andy Goldsworthy
British Artist
It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.
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Brian Schatz
American Politician
For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed.
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Leslie Nielsen
Canadian Actor
There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
Quote examples
Jemele Hill
American Journalist
I routinely get e-mails from readers who are disgusted because they feel the race card is played too much and inappropriately. (By the way, can someone put the phrase 'race card' in a cryogenic chamber and never thaw it? It demeans what is still a real struggle).
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Bridget Marquardt
We decided to go ahead and thaw my eggs that I had retrieved at the mansion, and none of them survived the thaw. That was pretty devastating for me because all this time I though I had an amazing insurance policy, and it didn't work out.
Quote examples
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Libyan Leader
It was very much exaggerated, this information campaign, this sustained campaign against us. But if I may... Over the process of years, it will thaw out. I mean, just gradually through contact, through dialogue, through investment.
Quote examples
Summer Sanders
American Athlete
Protein is important and hard for me to get in a hurry. We're busy. I don't always remember to thaw the chicken for dinner. I always have eggs, and they're light and satisfying. I never feel stuffed at the end of it.
Quote examples
John le Carre
English Writer
When you are brought up as a frozen child, you go on freezing. It wasn't until I had my four sons, who have brought me immense joy, that I began to thaw. That I realised how utterly extraordinary my childhood was.
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Andy Goldsworthy
British Artist
It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.
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Brian Schatz
American Politician
For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed.
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Leslie Nielsen
Canadian Actor
There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
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