Thawname詞源 1

• 1

  A river in South Wales which flows into the Bristol Channel at Aberthaw.

Thawname詞源 2

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  A surname from Burmese.

thawverb/θɔː/

• 1

  To gradually cause (something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow) to melt or soften by raising the temperature.

  • Sette the potte to the fyre to thawe the water: […]
  • Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadovved liuery of the burniſht ſunne, / To vvhom I am a neighbour,and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-vvard borne, / VVhere Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue vvhoſe blood is reddeſt, his or mine.
• 2

  To gradually cause (someone or something that is very cold) to warm up.

  • [M]y very lippes might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roofe of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I ſhould come by a fire to thavv me, […]
  • I led him ben but any pingle, / And beekt him bravvly at my ingle; / Dighted his face, his handies thovv'd, / 'Til his young cheeks, like roſes, glovv'd.
• 3

  To cause (something inactive) to become active; also, to cause (something unfeeling) to have feelings.

  • [N]ovv my loue is thavv'd, / VVhich like a vvaxen Image 'gainſt a fire / Beares no impreſſion of the thing it vvas.
  • JENNY pretends an Errand Hame, / Young ROGER draps the reſt, / To vvhiſper out his melting Flame, / And thovv his Laſſie's Breaſt.
• 4

  To cause (someone or their feelings that are reserved or unfriendly) to become friendly or gentle.

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  archaicrareTo cause (something rigid) to become limp.

  • "Speak aloud, my lord," said Elizabeth, "and at farther distance, so please you—your breath thaws our ruff. What have you to ask of us?"
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  Of something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow: to gradually melt or soften as a result of the temperature being raised.

  • the ice thaws
  • O that this too too ſallied [sullied] fleſh vvould melt, / Thavv and reſolue it ſelfe into a devve, […]
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  Of someone or something that is very cold: to gradually warm up.

  • The bog's green harper, thawing from his sleep, / Twangs a hoarse note and tried a shortened leap; […]
• 8

  climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesWith the dummy pronoun it: of the weather: to become sufficiently warm for ice, snow, etc., to melt.

  • It’s beginning to thaw.
  • It Thaweth as the weather dothe whan the froſt breaketh⸝ […] It thaweth a pace: […]

thawnoun/θɔː/

• 1

  A gradual melting or softening of something frozen (such as earth, ice, or snow) when the temperature rises; the transformation of something frozen into a fluid or semifluid.

• 2

  A gradual warming up of someone or something that is very cold.

  • raging floods pursue their hasty thaw; / Our thaw was mild , the cold not chased away
• 3

  Of something inactive: an act of becoming active; also, of something unfeeling: an act of developing feelings.

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  Of a person who is reserved or unfriendly: an act of becoming friendly or gentle.

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  governmentpoliticsA period of relaxation of restrictions in a country or state; also, a period of increased friendliness or understanding, or of reduced hostility or tension in relations, between states.

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  climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesA period of weather warm enough to melt ice, snow, etc.