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unfreeze

also unfroze, unfrozen
verb
Quick answer

As a verb, unfreeze means defrost something.

Meanings of unfreeze

7 meanings

verb

  1. To defrost something.

  2. To thaw.

  3. To resume movement.

    “He lowered the gun, and we unfroze.”

  4. computingTo release from a previously locked or frozen state.

  5. financeTo release previously suspended financial assets.

  6. Become or cause to become soft or liquid

    “The sun melted the ice”

    “the ice thawed”

    “the ice cream melted”

    Similar: dissolve, thaw, unthaw, dethaw, melt

  7. Make (assets) available

    “release the holdings in the dictator's bank account”

    Similar: unblock, free, release

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for unfreeze →
verb: become or cause to become soft or liquid
dissolvethawunthawdethawmelt
verb: make (assets) available
unblockfreerelease
Oppositesfreeze

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