frost
v.
be covered with frost; give a frostlike surface to (glass, etc.); kill by frost; spread icing on a cake
n.
small ice crystals coating a cold surface; temperature at which things freeze; cool attitude, cold treatment, unfriendliness; failure (Slang)
Frost
Frost (Australian band)
Frost (UK band)
Frost
Noun
1. United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
(synonym) Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost
(hypernym) poet
frost
Noun
1. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
(synonym) hoar, hoarfrost, rime
(hypernym) ice, water ice
2. weather cold enough to cause freezing
(synonym) freeze
(hypernym) cold weather
3. the formation of frost or ice on a surface
(synonym) icing
(hypernym) freeze, freezing
Verb
1. decorate with frosting; "frost a cake"
(synonym) ice
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) frosting, icing, ice
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
2. provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
(hypernym) cover
3. cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) icing
4. damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and athey turned brown"
(hypernym) damage
(derivation) freeze
Frost (der)
n.
frost, freeze, extreme cold, temperature at which things freeze, frostiness, coldness, chilliness, shivering, shuddering
Frost
(v. t.)
To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
(v. t.)
To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
(v. t.)
To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass.
(v. i.)
The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.
(v. i.)
The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
(v. i.)
Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
(v. i.)
Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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