to unfreeze
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3.5
- verb
- /ʌnˈfriːz/
:
descongelar
- Pour warm water on the frozen pipe to unfreeze it and allow the water to flow again.
Examples
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We must make our first move before the sun unfreezes the rubble.
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Months of physical therapy were necessary to unfreeze the joints, stretch connective tissues and muscles, and pump up the muscles.
Academic text (1998) -
Okay, and... and how do we unfreeze it?
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A garage full of water after the pipes unfreeze is even less fun, I would imagine.
Blog text (2) -
How did one unfreeze frozen pipes?
Fiction book (1994) -
The Delaware and the Schuylkill rivers were just starting to unfreeze now.
Fiction book (1994) -
Aunt Myrtle was in the driveway pouring steaming water on her car door, trying to get the lock to unfreeze.
Fiction book (1999) -
He left the chicken out to unfreeze before cooking it for dinner.
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After hours in the freezer, we need to unfreeze the food before serving.
Synonyms
362
1.0
To change a solid into a liquid by heating it
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1.1
To become soft and melt after being frozen or make something melt
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1.7
Make ice melt or remove ice from something
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4.4
To change a solid or gas into a liquid, often by heating
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3.0
Make a solid become liquid by heating it
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2.3
To become not frozen by getting warm
To make something frozen become soft or liquid by warming
To remove ice from a car or plane
To make something frozen melt by warming it
Make a solid melt so it can flow
To make something into a liquid by heating or blending
Antonyms
How Thawed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfreeze comes from the prefix un- meaning 'reverse' and freeze meaning 'to turn to ice'. So unfreeze means to 'undo freezing' and make something soft or liquid again.