thaw
verb (used without object)
to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
unthawing
-
a word derived from
thaw.
Example Sentences
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He also rightly closes with the Arctic, a region where long-standing territorial disputes are literally unthawing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2016
Instead of having to sell these securities in the demoralized bond and stock market, banks can turn to National Credit Corp. and get a fair loan on them, thus unthawing frozen assets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Month after month have I gazed on the white monotony of unthawing snow.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 by Various
