thaw

n 1: the process of heating to change something from a solid to a

liquid; "they welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: {melt}, {thawing},

{melting}]

2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt [syn: {melting},

{thawing}, {warming}]

v : cause to thaw and become soft or liquid again; "The sub

melted the ice" [syn: {unfreeze}, {unthaw}, {melt}]