thaw – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to thaw
Participle: thawed
Gerund: thawing

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of thaw

Indicative

Present

I	thaw
you	thaw
he;she;it	thaws
we	thaw
you	thaw
they	thaw

Perfect

I	have thawed
you	have thawed
he;she;it	has thawed
we	have thawed
you	have thawed
they	have thawed

Past

I	thawed
you	thawed
he;she;it	thawed
we	thawed
you	thawed
they	thawed

Pluperfect

I	had thawed
you	had thawed
he;she;it	had thawed
we	had thawed
you	had thawed
they	had thawed

Future

I	will thaw
you	will thaw
he;she;it	will thaw
we	will thaw
you	will thaw
they	will thaw

Future Perfect

I	will have thawed
you	will have thawed
he;she;it	will have thawed
we	will have thawed
you	will have thawed
they	will have thawed

Subjunctive

Present

I	thaw
you	thaw
he;she;it	thaw
we	thaw
you	thaw
they	thaw

Perfect

I	have thawed
you	have thawed
he;she;it	have thawed
we	have thawed
you	have thawed
they	have thawed

Imperfect

I	thawed
you	thawed
he;she;it	thawed
we	thawed
you	thawed
they	thawed

Pluperfect

I	had thawed
you	had thawed
he;she;it	had thawed
we	had thawed
you	had thawed
they	had thawed

Conditional

Present

I	would thaw
you	would thaw
he;she;it	would thaw
we	would thaw
you	would thaw
they	would thaw

Perfect

I	would have thawed
you	would have thawed
he;she;it	would have thawed
we	would have thawed
you	would have thawed
they	would have thawed

Imperative

you	thaw
we	Let's thaw
you	thaw

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am thawing
you	are thawing
he;she;it	is thawing
we	are thawing
you	are thawing
they	are thawing

Perfect

I	have been thawing
you	have been thawing
he;she;it	has been thawing
we	have been thawing
you	have been thawing
they	have been thawing

Past

I	was thawing
you	were thawing
he;she;it	was thawing
we	were thawing
you	were thawing
they	were thawing

Pluperfect

I	had been thawing
you	had been thawing
he;she;it	had been thawing
we	had been thawing
you	had been thawing
they	had been thawing

Future

I	will be thawing
you	will be thawing
he;she;it	will be thawing
we	will be thawing
you	will be thawing
they	will be thawing

Future Perfect

I	will have been thawing
you	will have been thawing
he;she;it	will have been thawing
we	will have been thawing
you	will have been thawing
they	will have been thawing

Conditional

Present

I	would be thawing
you	would be thawing
he;she;it	would be thawing
we	would be thawing
you	would be thawing
they	would be thawing

Perfect

I	would have been thawing
you	would have been thawing
he;she;it	would have been thawing
we	would have been thawing
you	would have been thawing
they	would have been thawing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'thaw'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'thaw'

chaw, haw, taw, thak, thar, thew, adaw, caw, chak, cham,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

change from solid to liquid: found#Etymology 3|found, melt
melt: dissolve, liquefy, warm
relax: loosen, relent, mollify

Antonyms

melt: freeze, solidify, harden, thicken

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ out (something), ~ (something) out, ~ out,

Etymology

1. O.E. þawian, from P.Gmc. *thawojanan (cf. O.N. þeyja, M.L.G. doien, Du. dooien, O.H.G. douwen, Ger. tauen "to thaw"), from PIE base *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (cf. Skt. toyam "water," Ossetic thayun "to thaw," Welsh tawadd "molten," Doric Gk. takein "to melt, waste, be consumed," O.Ir. tam "pestilence," L. tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," O.C.S. tajati "to melt"). The noun is c.1400, from the verb. Fig. sense of "relaxation of political harshness or hostility" is recorded from 1950, an image from the Cold War.
2. The verb is derived from Middle English thawen, thowen (“to melt (ice, snow, etc.), thaw”), from Old English þāwian, *þāwan (“to thaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan (“to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”), from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną (“to thaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow, stream”).
3. The noun is derived from Late Middle English thawe, thowe (“melting of ice, snow, etc., thawing”), from thawen, thowen (verb) (see above).
4. cognates
5. * Dutch dooien (“to thaw”)
6. * German tauen (“to thaw”)
7. * German Low German deien (“to thaw”)
8. * Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”)
9. * Saterland Frisian daie, dauje (“to thaw”)
10. * Swedish töa (“to thaw”)
11. * West Frisian teie (“to thaw”) See: Proto-Germanic '*þawjaną', Dutch 'dooien', German, old spelling 'tauen', Icelandic 'þeyja', Frisian, Saterlandic 'daie', Swedish 'töa'.

Verbs referencing "thaw"

Latin tabeo, Proto-Slavic tajati, Norwegian, nynorsk tø.

Sample Sentences

Sette the potte to the fyre to thawe the water: […] [1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio ccclxxxviii, verso, column 1; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:]
Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadovved liuery of the burniſht ſunne, / To vvhom I am a neighbour,and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-vvard borne, / VVhere Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue vvhoſe blood is reddeſt, his or mine. [c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature C, recto:]
The Frame of burniſh'd Steel, that caſt a Glare / From far, and ſeem'd to thavv the freezing Air. [1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 44:]
There is a Plant that grovvs on Mount Libanus in Syria, vvhich the Arabian calls the Golden Herb; it begins to appear in the Month of May, after the Snovv is thavvn; in the tvvilight it appears all in a Flame, and continues like a Torch until Morning, vvithout diminution of its Subſtance. [a. 1705 (date written), Thomas Brown, “The London and Lacedemonian Oracles. […] In which He Undertakes to Answer All Witty and Ingenious Questions, for the Diversion as well as Satisfaction of the Curious.”, in The Third Volume of the Works of Mr. Thomas Brown, Containing, Amusements Serious & Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of London. […], London: […] S. B. and sold by R. Bragg, […], published 1708, →OCLC, page 138:]
But Mr. Bailly vvill ſooner thavv the eternal ice of his atlantic regions, than reſtore the central heat to Paris, […] [1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 349:]
I weep for Adonais—he is dead! / O, weep for Adonais! though our tears / Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head! [1821, Percy B[ysshe] Shelley, Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, […], Pisa, Italy: […] Didot; reprinted London: Noel Douglas […], 1927, →OCLC, stanza I, page 7:]
A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas. [1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 3–4:]
A further complication is that, in the winter, the ore arrives frozen stiff in the wagons and special arrangements have to be made for thawing it before it can be unloaded. [1958 April, M. D. Greville, “Norway’s Most Northerly Railway”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 240:]
[M]y very lippes might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roofe of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I ſhould come by a fire to thavv me, […] [c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 220, column 2:]
I led him ben but any pingle, / And beekt him bravvly at my ingle; / Dighted his face, his handies thovv'd, / 'Til his young cheeks, like roſes, glovv'd. [1728, Allan Ramsay, “An Anacreontick on Love”, in Poems, [Edinburgh?]: [s.n.], published 1760, →OCLC, page 278:]
After I was lodged, thawed, and fed, I fell asleep, and slept for eighteen hours, without waking once; to my mind, it was a miracle that I ever woke again. [1829, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Entrance into Petersburgh—a Recontre with an Inquisitive and Mysterious Stranger—Nothing Like Travel”, in Devereux. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, book V, page 26:]
[N]ovv my loue is thavv'd, / VVhich like a vvaxen Image 'gainſt a fire / Beares no impreſſion of the thing it vvas. [c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii], page 27, column 1:]
JENNY pretends an Errand Hame, / Young ROGER draps the reſt, / To vvhiſper out his melting Flame, / And thovv his Laſſie's Breaſt. [1725, Allan Ramsay, “Prologue”, in The Gentle Shepherd; a Scots Pastoral Comedy, Edinburgh: […] Mr. Tho[mas] Ruddiman, for the author, […], and by Mr. Thomas Longman […], and Mr. James M‘Ewin, […], and by Mr. Alexander Carmichael […], →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 44:]
"Speak aloud, my lord," said Elizabeth, "and at farther distance, so please you—your breath thaws our ruff. What have you to ask of us?" [1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 307:]
the ice thaws
O that this too too ſallied [sullied] fleſh vvould melt, / Thavv and reſolue it ſelfe into a devve, […] [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], signature C, recto:]
Tvvo miles hence Eaſtvvard, there ſpreeds it ſelfe abroad a large poole, vvhich the Britans call Linſavethan and Linſavathen, that is, A lake of ſtanding vvater: Giraldus [Gerald of Wales] tearmeth it Clamoſum, that is Clamorous or Crying loud, becauſe it maketh a ſtrange noiſe like thunder, as often as the Yce thereon doth thavv. [1610, William Camden, “Brechnock-shire”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC, page 628:]
I would that as water / My life's blood had thawn, […] [1865, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Atalanta in Calydon. A Tragedy, London: Edward Moxon and Co., […], →OCLC, page 101:]
The bog's green harper, thawing from his sleep, / Twangs a hoarse note and tried a shortened leap; […] [1850–1856, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], “[Songs in Many Keys (1849–1861). I. 1849–1856. Pictures from Occasional Poems (1850–1856)]. Spring.”, in The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, household edition, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published [1895], →OCLC, page 99, column 2:]
It’s beginning to thaw.
It Thaweth as the weather dothe whan the froſt breaketh⸝ […] It thaweth a pace: […] [1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio ccclxxxviii, verso, column 1; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:]
Her anger has thawed.
The atmosphere at the meeting never really thawed.

thaw – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of thaw

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'thaw'

Verbs similar to 'thaw'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "thaw"

Sample Sentences