Definitions by Jafje

Thaw 

VERB:

1). To smelt, or make something smelt.
2). To defrost something frozen, or become defrosted.
3). To become less cold or numb through exposure to heat.
4). To be warm enough for snow and ice to smelt.
5). To become less hostile, tense, or aloof.

NOUN:

1. The action or process of thawing.
2. A lessening of hostility, tension, or aloofness.
3. warmer weather: a period of weather warm enough to smelt snow and ice.

VERB:

1). The iceman Thawed.
2). Get the frozen meat out of the freezer to thaw.
3). Come thaw out by the fire.
4). Damn! The freezer is thaw.
5). The atmosphere thawed.

NOUN:

1). Thawing food.
2). A thawed situation.
3). Thaw weather.

Thaw by Jafje September 30, 2007

Legislature 

Body of lawmakers: an official body, usually chosen by election, with the power to make, change, and repeal laws.

She's been chosen in the legislature many times.

Legislature by Jafje September 24, 2007

Auspicious 

Promising well for future: marked by lucky signs or good omens, and therefore by the promise of success or happiness.

The later school days of my friend were as auspicious as the first.

Auspicious by Jafje September 24, 2007

Personification 

1. Somebody who embodies something: an embodiment or perfect example of something.

2. A representation of an abstract quality or notion as a human being, especially in art or literature.

3. The attribution of human qualities to objects or abstract notions.

The definition pretty much covers personification.

Personification by Jafje September 24, 2007

Tacit 

Adjective;

Something implied but not expressed: understood or implied without being stated openly.

A tacit agreement.

Tacit by Jafje September 24, 2007

Antonym 

A word that means the opposite of another word.

For example, "hot" is the antonym of "cold."

Antonym by Jafje September 24, 2007

Benign 

1. Having a kind and gentle disposition or appearance.

2. Not a threat to life or long-term health, especially by being noncancerous.

3. Neutral or harmless in its effect or influence.

4. Mild or favorable in effect.

1. The lady next door is a relavively benign presence.
2. The cancer's benign.
3. The storm was benign.

Benign by Jafje September 24, 2007