thaw als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
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als werkwoord: - 1
thaw
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 thaw
The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid:
— The thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours.
synoniemen: melt, melting, thawing.
Roget 335:
liquefaction;
liquescence†,
liquescency†;
melting
etc.
(heat)
384;
colliquation†,
colliquefaction†;
thaw;
liquation†,
deliquation†,
deliquescence;
lixiviation†,
dissolution.
solution,
apozem†,
lixivium†,
infusion,
flux.
solvent,
menstruum,
alkahest†.
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Nederlands: smelten
Pools: topnienie, topienie się, roztapianie się
2 thaw
Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt:
— They welcomed the spring thaw.
synoniemen: thawing, warming.
Pools: odwilż
3 thaw
A relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile.
werkwoord
1 thaw
Become or cause to become soft or liquid:
— The ice thawed.
— Dethaw the meat.
synoniemen: dethaw, dissolve, melt, unfreeze, unthaw.
Roget 826:
be composed
etc.
adj..
laisser faire [Fr.],
laisser aller [Fr.];
take things easily,
take things as they come;
take it easy,
rub on,
live and let live;
take easily,
take cooly†,
take in good part;
aequam servare mentem [Lat.].
bear the brunt,
bear well;
go through,
support,
endure,
brave,
disregard.
tolerate,
suffer,
stand,
bide;
abide,
aby†;
bear with,
put up with,
take up with,
abide with;
acquiesce;
submit
etc.
(yield)
725;
submit with a good grace;
resign oneself to,
reconcile oneself to;
brook,
digest,
eat,
swallow,
pocket,
stomach.
make light of,
make the best of,
make 'a virtue of necessity'"
[Chaucer];
put a good face on,
keep one's countenance;
check
etc.
751;
check oneself.
compose,
appease
etc.
(moderate);
174;
propitiate;
repress
etc.
(restrain)
751;
render insensible
etc.
823;
overcome one's excitability,
allay one's excitability,
repress one's excitability
etc.
825;
master one's feelings.
make oneself easy;
make one's mind easy;
set one's mind at ease,
set one's mind at rest.
calm down,
cool down;
gentle;
thaw,
grow cool.
be borne,
be endured;
go down.
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Roget 384:
heat,
warm,
chafe,
stive†,
foment;
make hot
etc.
382;
sun oneself,
sunbathe.
go up in flames,
burn to the ground
(flame)
382.
fire;
set fire to,
set on fire;
kindle,
enkindle,
light,
ignite,
strike a light;
apply the match to,
apply the torch to;
rekindle,
relume†;
fan the flame,
add fuel to the flame;
poke the fire,
stir the fire,
blow the fire;
make a bonfire of.
melt,
thaw,
fuse;
liquefy
etc.
335.
burn,
inflame,
roast,
toast,
fry,
grill,
singe,
parch,
bake,
torrefy†,
scorch;
brand,
cauterize,
sear,
burn in;
corrode,
char,
calcine,
incinerate;
smelt,
scorify†;
reduce to ashes;
burn to a cinder;
commit to the flames,
consign to the flames.
boil,
digest,
stew,
cook,
seethe,
scald,
parboil,
simmer;
do to rags.
take fire,
catch fire;
blaze
etc.
(flame)
382.
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Roget 382:
be hot
etc.
adj.;
glow,
flush,
sweat,
swelter,
bask,
smoke,
reek,
stew,
simmer,
seethe,
boil,
burn,
blister,
broil,
blaze,
flame;
smolder;
parch,
fume,
pant.
heat
etc.
(make hot)
384;
recalesce†;
thaw,
give.
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Roget 914:
pity;
have pity,
show pity,
take pity
etc.
n.;
commiserate,
compassionate;
condole
etc.
915;
sympathize;
feel for,
be sorry for,
yearn for;
weep,
melt,
thaw,
enter into the feelings of.
forbear,
relent,
relax,
give quarter,
wipe the tears,
parcere subjectis [Lat.],
give a coup de gr=ace,
put out of one's misery.
raise pity,
excite pity
etc.
n.;
touch,
soften;
melt,
melt the heart;
propitiate,
disarm.
ask for mercy
etc.
v.;
supplicate
etc.
(request)
765;
cry for quarter,
beg one's life,
kneel;
deprecate.
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Nederlands: ontdooien, dooien
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