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thawing
(encz) | thawing,rozmrazení n: Zdeněk Brož |
thawing
(encz) | thawing,rozmrazování n: Zdeněk Brož |
thawing
(encz) | thawing,tání n: Zdeněk Brož |
thawing
(encz) | thawing,tavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Thawing
(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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thawing
(wn) | thawing
n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to
a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes
several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming] |
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Thawing
(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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