This river sometimes overflows after the thaw.
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Thaw
//θɔː//
Synonyms for "thaw" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
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More general
16 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
198 translations across 48 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَذَابَ verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- ذَابَ verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Aromanian
2 entries- jigãrditsã noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- dizgljets verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Belarusian
2 entries- раста́яць verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- растава́ць verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Bulgarian
4 entries- разтопяване noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- топене noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- разтопявам verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- разтопявам се verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Catalan
4 entries- desgel noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- desgel noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- desglaç noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- descongelar verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 融化 noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- 解凍 /解冻 noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- 渐融 verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- 融化 verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Czech
4 entries- obleva noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- tání noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- rozpustit verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- tát verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Danish
1 entries- tø verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Dutch
4 entries- dooi noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- dooi noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- dooien verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- ontdooien verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Esperanto
4 entries- degelo noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- fando noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- degeli verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- fandi verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Finnish
4 entries- sulaminen noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- suoja noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- suojailma noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- suojasää noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
French
4 entries- dégel noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- dégel noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- dégel noun (reduced tension or increased friendliness)
- fusion noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
Galician
4 entries- delazo noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- delazo noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- dexelo noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- dexelo noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
Georgian
4 entries- გადნობა noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- გალღობა noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- დადნობა noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- დათბობა noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
German
4 entries- Schmelze noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- Tauwetter noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- Tauwetter noun (reduced tension or increased friendliness)
- auftauen verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Greek
4 entries- απόψυξη noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- ξεπάγωμα noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- αποψύχω verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- λιώνω verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Hebrew
3 entries- הפשרה noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- הפשיר verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- הפשיר verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Hindi
4 entries- गलन noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- द्रवण noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- पिघलाव noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- हिमक्षरण noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
Hungarian
4 entries- olvadás noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- felolvaszt verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- kiolvaszt verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- olvad verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Icelandic
3 entries- bloti noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- hláka noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- þíða noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
Italian
4 entries- disgelo noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- disgelo noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- fondere verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- fondersi verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Japanese
4 entries- 解氷 noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- 雪解け noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- 霜解け noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- 溶かす verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Korean
1 entries- 녹다 verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Latgalian
1 entries- izalaist verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Latvian
1 entries- izkust verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Lithuanian
2 entries- atodrėkis noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- ištirpti verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Marathi
4 entries- वितळण noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- वितळणे noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- हिमक्षरण noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- हिमद्रवण noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
Māori
1 entries- koero verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Norman
1 entries- dêgeler verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
North Wales Welsh
4 entries- dadmer verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- dadmer verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- meirioli verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- meirioli verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Norwegian
1 entries- tine verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- tine verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- tø verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Occitan
4 entries- desgèl noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- destorrada noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- descongelar verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- desgelar verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Polish
4 entries- ocieplenie noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- odwilż noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- odwilż noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- roztop noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
Portuguese
3 entries- degelo noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- derreter verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- descongelar verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Romanian
3 entries- a se dezgheța verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- decongela verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- dezgheța verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Russian
4 entries- о́ттепель noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- та́яние noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- отта́ивать verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- отта́ять verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- aiteamh noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- leagh verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- odmrzavanje noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- топити verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Slovene
1 entries- stopiti se verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
South Wales Welsh
4 entries- dadlaith verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- dadlaith verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
- datod verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- datod verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Spanish
4 entries- derretimiento noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- descongelación noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- deshelar noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- deshielo noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
Swedish
4 entries- tö noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- tö noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- töväder noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- töväder noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
Thai
2 entries- ละลาย verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- ละลาย verb (to cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve)
Turkish
1 entries- erimek verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відли́га noun (warmer weather that melts ice and snow)
- розта́нути verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- розтава́ти verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- та́нути verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Venetan
2 entries- desfantarse verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
- desleguarse verb (to melt, dissolve, or become fluid)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַדליגע noun (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The hoarfrost has not begun to thaw yet.
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The snow has started to thaw out.
Source: tatoeba (1196593)
It might freeze, it might thaw.
Source: tatoeba (2221153)
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