Definition of: thaw

(thô) v.i.
1. To melt or dissolve; become liquid or semi–liquid, as snow or ice.
2. To rise in temperature so as to melt ice and snow: said of weather and used impersonally.
3. To become less cold and unsociable.
—v.t.
4. To cause to thaw. See synonyms under MELT.
—noun
1. The act of thawing, or the state of being thawed.
2. Warmth of weather such as melts things frozen; also, figuratively, state of warmer feeling or expression. [OE thawian]
—thaw′er noun