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v (intransitive) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. Specifically by gradual warming

v (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

v (intransitive|figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.

v (transitive) To cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. Specifically by gradual warming.

n The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost

n a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. —w:Dryden | Dryden.