verb
Meaning 1
To defrost something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unfreeze
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To thaw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To resume movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- He lowered the gun, and we unfroze.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To release from a previously locked or frozen state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To release previously suspended financial assets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
make (assets) available
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unblock, free, release
Antonyms: freeze
Broader terms: issue, supply
verb
Meaning 7
become or cause to become soft or liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dissolve, thaw, unthaw, dethaw, melt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liquefy, flux, liquify
Narrower terms: deliquesce, defrost, deice, de-ice
History
Etymology
From un- + freeze.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: размразявам (razmrazjavam) — release from a previously locked or frozen state
- Māori: wetetio — release from a previously locked or frozen state