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Thawed vs Chawed - What's the difference?

thawed | chawed |

As verbs the difference between thawed and chawed

is that thawed is (thaw) while chawed is (chaw), ie nonstandard variant of chewed.

thawed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (thaw)

    • Anagrams

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    thaw

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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. —.

    • See also

    * unthaw, dethaw

    Anagrams

    * * * English ergative verbs

    chawed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chaw), i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed.

    • chaw

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
    • When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw , but then developed cancer of the mouth.
  • (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
    • My uncle's way to convince us not to use tobacco was to give us each a big chaw , and then get us to swallow it.
  • * 1889 , , Chapter XXI,
    • "YOU give him a chaw', did you? So did your sister's cat's grandmother. You pay me back the ' chaws you've awready borry'd off'n me, Lafe Buckner, then I'll loan you one or two ton of it, and won't charge you no back intrust, nuther."
  • (obsolete) The jaw.
    • (Spenser)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, or, nonstandard) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ (at the bit).
    • (Spenser)
  • * Surrey
    • The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, / Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
  • * 1884 , , Chapter XXIX,
  • To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
    • (Dryden)
  • (UK, slang) To steal.
    • Some pikey's chawed my bike.
    Appalachian English