unthaw

present singular third person unthaws · participle present unthawing · participle past unthawed · past unthawed

1. ambitransitiveproscribedTo thaw out, to unfreeze; to become soft (of something which had been frozen).

   The food is honest and hearty, perfect for unthawing frozen limbs […]

   2009, Ann Mah, Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself

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   The water steamed and bubbled around me. I felt a rush of gratitude for it, that it should well up out of the mountain, bathe my aching body, and unthaw my frozen limbs.

   2006, Lian Hearn, Grass for his pillow: The way through the snow