Tra từ thaw - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

thaw [thaw thaws thawed thawing] verb, noun BrE [θɔː] NAmE [θɔː]
verb
1. intransitive ~ (out) (of ice and snow)to turn back into water after being frozen
Syn: ↑melt
•The country was slowly thawing out after the long cold winter.
Opp: ↑freeze
2. intransitive when it thaws or is thawing, the weather becomes warm enough to melt snow and ice
•It's starting to thaw.
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (out) to become, or to let frozen food become, soft or liquid ready for cooking
compare ↑defrost, ↑de-ice, ↑unfreeze
•Leave the meat to thaw completely before cooking.
4. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (out) to become, or make sth become, a normal temperature after being very cold
•I could feel my ears and toes start to thaw out.
5. intransitive ~ (out) to become more friendly and less formal
•Relations between the two countries thawed a little after the talks.
•The atmosphere slowly began to thaw.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•Has the meat thawed out yet?
•Make sure the meat has thawed completely before cooking.
•The old nun was as imperious as ever, but visibly thawed when she saw the children.
•I'll take a quiche out of the freezer and thaw it out in the microwave.
•If a pipe has frozen, it can be thawed out with a hairdryer.
•If frozen food has thawed out it should never be refrozen.
•It's starting to thaw.
•The snow started to thaw as the temperature kept up.

noun
1. countable, usually singular a period of warmer weather following one of cold weather, causing snow and ice to melt
•The river doubles in size during the spring thaw.
2. singular ~ (in sth) a situation in which the relations between two enemy countries become more friendly
•a thaw in relations with China

Word Origin:
Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•The plants will be ready for use when the spring thaw arrives.
•The river often floods during the thaw.