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Thaw

/θˈɔ/
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(verb) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.

This river sometimes overflows after the thaw.
The hoarfrost has not begun to thaw yet.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The frozen ground began to ____ as the warm spring sun finally arrived after several weeks of heavy snow today.

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