Past tense of thaw
regular verb
The past tense of thaw is thawed. The past participle is also thawed.
Forms of thaw
| Base form (V1) | thaw /θɔː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | thawed /θɔːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | thawed /θɔːd/ |
| Present participle | thawing /ˈθɔː.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | thaws |
Less standard forms: thawn (nonstandard).
Thawed in a sentence
- Her anger has thawed.
- The atmosphere at the meeting never really thawed.
- It's not a good idea to refreeze raw meat once it has been thawed.From the entry refreeze
- For nuclei isolation, embryos were slowly thawed and dounced using a glass homogenizer (Schubert, Cat.no.2015 June 27, Dhawal Jain et al., “Active promoters give rise to false positive ‘Phantom Peaks’ in ChIP-seq experiments”, in Nucleic Acids…. From the entry dounced
- Meat may also be thawed in cold water or in a microwave.2002, Wilbur F. Eastman, A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game, page 51. From the entry unthawed
Meaning of thaw
- verb To gradually cause (something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow) to melt or soften by raising the temperature.
- verb To gradually cause (someone or something that is very cold) to warm up.
- verb To cause (something inactive) to become active; also, to cause (something unfeeling) to have feelings.
Questions about the past tense of thaw
- What is the past tense of thaw?
- The past tense of thaw is thawed.
- What is the past participle of thaw?
- The past participle of thaw is thawed.
- Is thaw a regular or irregular verb?
- Thaw is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
- Is thawn correct?
- thawn is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of thaw is thawed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thaw (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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