Ang kahulugan ng diksyunaryo ng salitang "thaw" ay ang maging o maging sanhi upang maging mas malambot o mas mainit at sa gayon ay hindi na nagyelo o solid, kadalasan bilang resulta ng init o init. Maaari din itong tumukoy sa isang panahon ng naturang panahon, lalo na sa isang panahon ng banayad na panahon sa panahon ng taglamig, na nagiging sanhi ng pagtunaw ng snow at yelo. Bukod pa rito, ang salitang "thaw" ay maaaring gamitin sa matalinghagang paraan upang ilarawan ang isang pagpapahinga o pagpapabuti ng isang panahunan o mahirap na sitwasyon o relasyon.
1. Like spring follows the winter thaw, the sprout reached toward the light of the setting sun, oblivious to the cold that would soon blanket the world.
2. The ground covered with snow, and the atmosphere in that unsettled state between frost and thaw, which is of all others the most unfriendly for exercise, every morning beginning in rain or snow, and every evening setting in to freeze, she was for many days a most honourable prisoner.
3. His one hand was starting to thaw, so he wrapped the other around the porcelain.
4. Returning to the first cabinet, he claimed a cup and poured himself a generous portion of liquid life, warming his hands, holding the steaming beverage under his chin to inhale its perfume and let the steam thaw the tip of his nose.
5. Then he tugged Kristina closer, so the heat could thaw her frozen face while he peeled off her gloves.
6. We were married as quickly as possible and rushed into the house to thaw.
7. I had previously seen the snakes in frosty mornings in my path with portions of their bodies still numb and inflexible, waiting for the sun to thaw them.
8. I am no more lonely than the Mill Brook, or a weathercock, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house.
9. Thaw with his gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer.
10. He was frozen solid, but within a few hours, the Lord of the Fourth System began to thaw.