thaws
Softens, loses chill
Thaws is the verb form of thaw—to melt or warm after being frozen.
Ice thaws in spring, frozen pipes thaw when heated, and a person thaws when their coldness or reserve softens: She thaws a little once you get to know her.
As a noun, thaws are periods of warming: The January thaws brought flooding.
Water's solid form
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- defrostRemove ice accumulation
- slushPartly melted snow
- puddlesSmall collected water pools
unfreeze · permafrost · glaciers · icicles · frost · frozen · melt · soften
States of strained relations
- relationsConnections or dealings
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- détenteEasing of strained relations
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
reconciliation · warming · easing · softening · normalization · negotiations · peace · ceasefire
ice
Water's solid form
puddles · unfreeze · permafrost · glaciers · icicles · frost · frozen · melt · soften · drip
tensions
States of strained relations
- relationsConnections or dealings
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- détenteEasing of strained relations
rapprochement · reconciliation · warming · easing · softening · normalization · negotiations · peace · ceasefire · dialogue
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
- springtimeSeason following winter
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
- renewalMaking current again
budding · blooming · April · March · snowmelt · temperate · sunshine · growth · revival · awakening
- thaw outUnfreeze after being cold
- spring thawWarming that melts winter's ice
- thawing out
- thaw cycle
- January thawTemporary midwinter temperature rise
- summer thaw
thaw, thawed, thawing, unthaw, unthawed, unthawing, dethaw, dethawing, dethawed