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rethaw

rethaw verb: to thaw again after freezing or having been frozen.

Verb

rethaw (third-person singular simple present rethaws, present participle rethawing, simple past and past participle rethawed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To thaw again after freezing or having been frozen.

Forms of rethaw

third-person singular presentrethaws
present participlerethawing
past participlerethawed
pastrethawed

Origin of rethaw

From re- + thaw.

Questions about rethaw

What does rethaw mean?
Rethaw means to thaw again after freezing or having been frozen.
What part of speech is rethaw?
Rethaw is a verb.
What is the past tense of rethaw?
The past tense of rethaw is rethawed.

Words near rethaw in the dictionary

  1. rethatch
  2. rethatched
  3. rethatches
  4. rethatching
  5. rethatchings
  6. rethaw
  7. rethawed
  8. rethawing
  9. rethaws
  10. rethe
  11. rethem

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