slovo | definícia |
thawed (encz) | thawed, adj: |
Thawed (gcide) | thaw \thaw\ (th[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thawed (th[add]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Thawing.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian,
[thorn][=a]wan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf.
also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel.
[thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan. t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr.
th`kein to melt. [root]56.]
1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of
that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
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2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in
reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
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3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare cold[4], a. and
hard[6], a.
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thawed (wn) | thawed
adj 1: no longer frozen solid; "the thawed ice was treacherous"
2: no longer frozen; "the thawed ground was muddy" |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
thawed (encz) | thawed, adj: |
unthawed (encz) | unthawed, adj: |
Unthawed (gcide) | Unthawed \Unthawed\
See thawed. |
thawed (wn) | thawed
adj 1: no longer frozen solid; "the thawed ice was treacherous"
2: no longer frozen; "the thawed ground was muddy" |
unthawed (wn) | unthawed
adj 1: still frozen; "there wasn't time to cook the unthawed
turkey, so they had to settle for hotdogs" |
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