[θɔː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming up
(e.g: the river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital)


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Origin:
Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th century

[θɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow
(e.g: the thaw came yesterday afternoon)


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Origin:
Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th century