unfreeze
to cause to thaw; melt.
to remove or relax controls or restrictions on (funds, prices, rents, etc.).
to become unfrozen; thaw.
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How to use unfreeze in a sentence
I had to change it twice in 10,000 kilometers and also had to pee on my bike a few times to unfreeze the chain.
What You Missed: A Q&A with Globetrotter Jonas Deichmann, the “German Forrest Gump” | Fred Dreier | December 10, 2021 | Outside OnlineFinally, Chime says that if its investigation confirms that a payment was legitimate, it unfreezes the account.
A Banking App Has Been Suddenly Closing Accounts, Sometimes Not Returning Customers’ Money | by Carson Kessler | July 6, 2021 | ProPublica“If you make partner [at a law firm] and unfreeze your eggs at age 42,” you could be a big winner, she said.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction | Eleanor Clift | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe blessed the early morning sun when it appeared and began to unfreeze us.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryI'm beginning to unfreeze already, though a good hot drink would help matters wonderfully.'
Under the Chinese Dragon | F. S. Brereton
They must unfreeze; they are like the wine of Bordeaux, which, to give forth its fragrance, has to be warmed.
Old and New Paris, v. 2 | Henry Sutherland EdwardsA new passenger has come on board and is seen to descend the cabin stairs to unfreeze his fingers over the tiny stove.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland | Daniel Turner Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for unfreeze
/ (ʌnˈfriːz) /
to thaw or cause to thaw
(tr) to relax governmental restrictions on (wages, prices, credit, etc) or on the manufacture or sale of (goods, etc)
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