- AS. þāwianþāwan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauenthauencf. also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel. þeyja, Sw. töa, Dan. töe, and perhaps to Gr. th`kein to melt. √56
- To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
- To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
- Fig.:To grow gentle or genial. Compare cold4}, a. and hard6}, a.
