unfreeze

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ freeze.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

unfreeze (third-person singular simple present unfreezes, present participle unfreezing, simple past unfroze, past participle unfrozen)

1. (transitive) To defrost something.
2. (intransitive) To thaw.
3. (intransitive) To resume movement.

   He lowered the gun, and we unfroze.

4. (transitive, computing) To release from a previously locked or frozen state.
5. (transitive, finance) To release previously suspended financial assets.
   • 2023 March 28, Matthew Goldstein, “Sam Bankman-Fried Is Charged With Foreign Bribery”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The indictment said that after Mr. Bankman-Fried received confirmation that the accounts were unfrozen, the rest of the bribe money was paid.

Synonyms

• defrost

Antonyms

• freeze

Translations

defrost — see defrost

release from a previously locked or frozen state

Bulgarian: размразявам (razmrazjavam) Maori: wetetio

thaw — see thaw