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dethaw

verb

Etymology

From de- + thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.

  1. inherited from thawe
  2. inherited from *teh₂-✻ — “to melt; to flow, stream”
  3. inherited from *þawjaną✻ — “to thaw”
  4. inherited from *þauwjan✻ — “to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”
  5. inherited from þāwian
  6. inherited from thawen
  7. prefixed as dethaw — “de + thaw”

Definitions

  1. To thaw

    To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.

    • "That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted." He made only the slightest little grunt.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA