Thaw vs Thew - What's the difference?
thaw | thew |
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. Specifically by gradual warming
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
(figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
To cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. Specifically by gradual warming.
The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. —.
Muscle or sinew.
* 1927 , , Arrow, 2008, page 247
* 1960 , , Low-Lands
A good quality or habit; virtue.
An attractive physical attribute, especially muscle; mental or moral vigour.
As verbs the difference between thaw and thew
is that thaw is to melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws specifically by gradual warming while thew is (obsolete) to oppress; enslave or thew can be instruct in morals or values; chastise.As nouns the difference between thaw and thew
is that thaw is the melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost while thew is (lb) a bondman; a slave or thew can be muscle or sinew.As an adjective thew is
(lb) bond; servile.thaw
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Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)See also
* unthaw, dethawAnagrams
* * * English ergative verbsthew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . See (l), (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) thewen, from (etyl) .Etymology 3
From (etyl) thew, theaw (often in plural thewes), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- As a rule, the Purple Chicken catered for the intelligentsia of the neighbourhood, and these did not run to thews and sinews. On most nights in the week you would find the tables occupied by wispy poets and slender futurist painters...
- Fortune’s elf child and disinherited darling, young and randy and more a Jolly Jack Tar than anyone human could conceivably be; thews and chin taut against a sixty-knot gale with a well-broken-in briar clenched in the bright defiant teeth