Synonyms of the word thawing


THAWINGHEATING - MELT - MELTING - THAW - WARMING - WEATHER

thawing

  • v. present participle of thaw.
  • n. The process by which something thaws.

heating

  • n. A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
  • n. The act of making something hot.
  • adj. Causing heat.
  • v. present participle of heat.

melt

  • n. Molten material, the product of melting.
  • n. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
  • n. The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
  • n. A melt sandwich.
  • n. A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
  • n. (Britain, slang) an idiot.
  • v. (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle…
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.

melting

  • v. present participle of melt.
  • adj. Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
  • adj. Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
  • n. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.

thaw

  • v. (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.
  • v. (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used…
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
  • v. (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
  • n. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state…
  • n. a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen.

warming

  • v. present participle of warm.
  • n. A small rise in temperature.

weather

  • n. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative…
  • n. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
  • n. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
  • n. (countable, figuratively) A situation.
  • n. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
  • n. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.
  • v. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
  • v. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
  • v. To breakdown, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature,…
  • v. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
  • v. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
  • v. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

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