Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thawing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thaw \Thaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thawing}.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian, [thorn][=a]wan; akin to D.
dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen 8digest, OHG.
douwen, firdouwen), Icel. [thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan.
t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr. ? to melt. [root]56.]
1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of
that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in
reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thawing
n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a
liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey
takes several hours" [syn: {thaw}, {melt}, {melting}]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: {thaw}, {warming}]
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