• a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the Thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"
• warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring Thaw"
• 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"
• become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice Thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "deThaw the meat"

'Thaw' in other languages