Unthaw (Verb)
Meaning
Become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The frozen meat needs to unthaw in the refrigerator beforehand.
- After a few hours, the ice will start to unthaw under the warm sunlight.
- To unthaw the ice, they brought out the hot water bottles to the rink.
- You can unthaw the frozen soup by leaving it out at room temperature.
- If you want to unthaw the food quickly, just submerge it in cold water for a few hours.