1. to thaw or cause to thaw; to change from a frozen state to a liquid or normal state
2. to remove restrictions or controls that prevent something from being used or changed
Usage: often used with financial or legal contexts

Examples

• Let the chicken unfreeze completely before cooking it.
• The warm weather will unfreeze the pipes by afternoon.
• The bank agreed to unfreeze his account after he provided proper identification.
• Congress voted to unfreeze the federal funding for the project.
• She left the ice cream out to unfreeze for dessert.
• The court order will unfreeze the company’s assets next week.
• You need to unfreeze the bread before making sandwiches.