thaw

To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.

the ice thaws

To become sufficiently warm to melt ice and snow, said in reference to the weather.

It's beginning to thaw.

To grow gentle or genial.

Her anger has thawed.

The atmosphere at the meeting never really thawed.

To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne, / To whom I am a neighbour,and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne, / Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue whoſe blood is reddeſt,his or mine.

The frame of burnish'd steel, that cast a glare / From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.

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

a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen

raging floods pursue their hasty thaw; / Our thaw was mild , the cold not chased away

A period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding.

A river in South Wales which flows into the Bristol Channel at Aberthaw.