Thaw refers to the process of melting, or:
- to go from a frozen to a liquid state(melt)
- to become free of the effect (as stiffness, numbness, or hardness) of cold as a result of exposure to warmth
- to be warm enough to melt ice and snow — used with it in reference to the weather
- to abandon aloofness, reserve, or hostility
- to become mobile, active, or susceptible to change
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Famous quotes containing the word thaw:
“Parents have railed against shelters near schools, but no one has made any connection between the crazed consumerism of our kids and their elders’ cold unconcern toward others. Maybe the homeless are not the only ones who need to spend time in these places to thaw out.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“So unrecorded did it slip away,
So blind was I to see and to foresee,
So dull to mark the budding of my tree
That would not blossom yet for many a May.
If only I could recollect it, such
A day of days! I let it come and go
As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;
It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;
If only now I could recall that touch,
First touch of hand in hand—Did one but know!”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)