thaw
verb (used without object)
to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
am thawing
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present progressiveof thaw (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Mentally, too, I am thawing once more; the hotel life and solitary walks of Gafsa had begun to affect me disagreeably.
From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Norman Douglas
"Well, not exactly warm, but I sure am thawing!"
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
I tell you, I am thawing like an icicle in the sun.'
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
