unfreeze
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un·freeze
(ŭn-frēz′)tr.v. un·froze (-frōz′), un·froz·en (-frō′zən), un·freez·ing, un·freez·es
1. To cause to thaw.
2. To remove a control or restriction on (prices or wages, for example).
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unfreeze
(ʌnˈfriːz)vb, -freezes, -freezing, -froze or -frozen
1. to thaw or cause to thaw
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to relax governmental restrictions on (wages, prices, credit, etc) or on the manufacture or sale of (goods, etc)
3. (Commerce) (tr) to relax governmental restrictions on (wages, prices, credit, etc) or on the manufacture or sale of (goods, etc)
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unfreeze
Past participle: unfrozen
Gerund: unfreezing
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| Verb | 1. |  unfreeze - become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"deliquesce - melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily" |
| 2. | unfreeze - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" issue, supply - circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" immobilise, immobilize, freeze, block - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unfreeze
pret <unfroze>, ptp <unfrozen>vi → auftauen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
unfreeze
[ʌnˈfriːz] (unfroze (pt)) [ʌnˈfrəʊz] (unfrozen (pp)) [ʌnˈfrəʊzn] vt (thaw) → sgelare; (assets, bank account) → scongelare, sbloccareCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995