thaw
verb (used without object)
to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
have been thawing
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present perfect progressiveof thaw.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Relations between the two have been thawing for a while, he said, at mutual appearances including a recent celebration in Boston for an employee who worked in both of their Senate offices handling constituent problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
But as temperatures rise and the summer season lengthens, the soils in Alaska and the Arctic have been thawing.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 20, 2015
