| VERB | change | dethaw, dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt | become or cause to become soft or liquid |
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| Meaning | Become or cause to become soft or liquid. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "dethaw the meat" | |
| Synonyms | dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, melt | |
| Narrower | defrost, deice, de-ice | make or become free of frost or ice |
| deliquesce | melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | |
| Broader | liquefy, flux, liquify | Become liquid or fluid when heated |
| Spanish | derretir, descongelar, deshacer, fundir | |
| Catalan | descongelar, desfer, desgelar, desglaçar, fondre | |
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