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dethaws

dethaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dethaw.

Meaning of dethaw

Verb

dethaw (third-person singular simple present dethaws, present participle dethawing, simple past and past participle dethawed)

  1. (nonstandard) To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.
    • "That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted."
      He made only the slightest little grunt.2001, Jane Vandenburgh, Physics of Sunset, page 27

Questions about dethaws

What is dethaws the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dethaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dethaw.

Words near dethaws in the dictionary

  1. dethatching rake
  2. dethatching rakes
  3. dethaw
  4. dethawed
  5. dethawing
  6. dethaws
  7. detheocratization
  8. detheocratize
  9. detheocratized
  10. detheocratizes
  11. detheocratizing

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