Word Study
unfreeze
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unfreeze has 2 senses
- unfreeze(v = verb.change) dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unthaw - become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" is one way to flux, liquefy, liquify
- unfreeze(v = verb.change) free, release, unblock - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" is one way to issue, supply
Sample sentence:
The chefs unfreeze the vegetables
Antonym: freeze
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unfreeze, v. (past unfroze; past part. unfrozen)
1 tr. cause to thaw.
2 intr. thaw.
3 tr. remove restrictions from, make (assets, credits, etc.) realizable.
1 tr. cause to thaw.
2 intr. thaw.
3 tr. remove restrictions from, make (assets, credits, etc.) realizable.
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