0 past simple and past participle of thaw
1 to (cause to) change from a solid, frozen state to a liquid or soft one, because of an increase in temperature:
2 to become friendlier or more relaxed:
The membranes used in a feeding device can therefore be prepared in advance, frozen and only thawed as needed.
We first froze mouse mature testicular tissue, then we injected the thawed spermatogenic cells into oocytes.
Samples were thawed slowly and cut up for examination.
Aliquots of the blood are thawed and used as required.
Thawed chops were removed from the bag and the loin muscle removed from the bone.
A fresh stock of virus was thawed immediately prior to each injection.
Before use, they were thawed, added to the medium and subjected to sonication.
Using phase contrast microscopy, control slices showed more cell outgrowth compared to thawed slices.
