thaw- russian

• та́ять

  to melt, to thaw

  to melt (in the mouth), to dissolve

  to dwindle, to dwindle away, to waste away, to grow thin

• раста́ять

  to melt, to thaw

  to melt

  to melt away, to dwindle, to wane, to vanish

  to waste away, to pine away, to languish

• топи́ть

  to heat, to stoke (a stove), to fire up

  to melt, to render (fat), to thaw

  to drown, to sink (a ship)

  to do for, to betray, to land in trouble

  to root for, to support, to be a fan of

• разморо́зить

  to defrost, to thaw, to thaw out

  to de-ice, to defrost (a fridge)

  to unfreeze, to release

• та́яние

  thaw, melting

• отта́ять

  to thaw, to thaw out, to defrost, to melt

  to thaw (emotionally), to warm up, to become more open, to soften

• о́ттепель

  thaw

• отогре́ть

  to warm up, to thaw, to heat [from a cold or frozen state]

• размора́живать

  to defrost, to thaw, to thaw out

  to de-ice, to free from ice

  to unfreeze, to release

• раста́пливать

  to light (a stove), to kindle, to fire up

  to melt, to thaw, to render (fat)

• отта́ивать

  to thaw, to thaw out, to defrost

  to defrost, to thaw out, to de-ice

  to thaw, to warm up, to become friendlier

• капе́льный

  thaw- (of dripping thaw, капель)

• иста́ять

  to melt away, to thaw completely, to vanish, to fade away

• подта́ять

  to melt, to thaw

• отогрева́ть

  to warm up, to thaw, to heat [from a cold or frozen state]

• капе́ль

  dripping snow, thaw, drip of thawing snow, dripping

• раста́пливаться

  to start to burn, to get going, to heat up

  to melt, to melt down, to dissolve

  to thaw, to melt away

• шестидеся́тник

  Sixties generation intellectual, member of the Soviet thaw generation

  sixty-year-old, sexagenarian

• прота́ять

  to melt through, to thaw through, to melt completely, to thaw completely

• прота́ивать

  to thaw through

• ста́ивать

  to melt away, to melt, to thaw

  used to stand, to stand (repeatedly)

Examples

• И́ней ещё не начал та́ять.

  The hoarfrost has not begun to thaw yet.

• Соль используется для то́пки льда.

  Salt is used to thaw ice.

• Солью то́пят лёд.

  Salt is used to thaw ice.

• В феврале наступила неожиданная оттепель.

  An unexpected thaw set in in February.

• Во время оттепели снег быстро тает.

  The snow melts quickly during a thaw.

• Ранняя оттепель удивила всех жителей города.

  The early thaw surprised all the residents of the city.

• Земля оттает только в апреле.

  The ground won't thaw until April.

• Земля начинает оттаивать весной.

  The ground begins to thaw in spring.

• Не надо отогревать мясо в горячей воде.

  You shouldn't thaw meat in hot water.

• К вечеру мороженое мясо стало отмякать.

  By evening, the frozen meat had begun to thaw.

• Лёд на реке начал растапливаться весной.

  The ice on the river began to thaw in spring.

• Работник, заморозивший продукты, забыл их разморозить.

  The worker who froze the food forgot to thaw it.

• Дорога стала размякшей после долгой оттепели.

  The road became soft and muddy after the long thaw.

• Смороженное мясо долго оттаивало на кухне.

  The frozen meat took a long time to thaw in the kitchen.