thaw
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verb no object
(of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming:
〈氷･雪などが〉解ける; 〈冷凍食品などが〉解凍する, 戻る(out) (!凍ったものが解けること; → melt)
e.g. the river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital
e.g. (as noun thawing) : catastrophic summer floods caused by thawing.
(it thaws, it is thawing, etc.) the weather becomes warmer and melts snow and ice.
〖itを主語として〗(氷･雪が解けるほど)暖かくなる
with object make (something) warm enough to become liquid or soft:
〈人･物などが〉〈氷･雪など〉を解かす; 〈冷凍食品など〉を解凍する, 戻す(out)
e.g. European exporters simply thawed their beef before unloading.
(of a part of the body) become warm enough to stop feeling numb:
｟くだけて｠ 〈体(の一部)〉を暖めてほぐす;〈関係･態度･緊張･人など〉を和ませる, やわらげる, ほぐす(out)
e.g. Ryan began to feel his ears and toes thaw out.
make or become friendlier or more cordial:
〈関係･態度･緊張などが〉和む, やわらぐ, ほぐれる; 〈人が〉打ち解ける(out)
e.g. no object : she thawed out sufficiently to allow a smile to appear.
noun
a period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow:
〖通例単数形で〗(氷･雪などが)解けること, 雪解け, 解氷; 雪解けの季節, 暖かさ
e.g. the thaw came yesterday afternoon.
an increase in friendliness or cordiality:
〖単数形で〗【関係などの】緩和; ｟比喩的に｠ 雪解け «in» .
e.g. a thaw in relations between the two countries.
ORIGIN
Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th century.