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1. (n.) frost
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
2. frost
a covering of minute ice crystals, formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and exposed objects when they have cooled by radiation below the dew point.
3. frost
the act or process of freezing.
4. frost
coldness of manner or temperament.
5. frost
Informal. something that meets with lack of enthusiasm, as a theatrical performance or party; failure; flop.
6. (v.t.) frost
to cover with frost.
7. frost
to give a frostlike surface to (glass, metal, etc.).
8. frost
to cover or decorate with frosting or icing; ice:
to frost a cake.
9. frost
to bleach selected strands of (a person's hair).
10. frost
to kill or injure by frost.
11. frost
to make angry.
12. (v.i.) frost
to become covered with frost or freeze (often fol. by up or over).
13. frost
(of varnish, paint, etc.) to dry with a film resembling frost.
14. (n.) Frost
Robert (Lee), 1874–1963, U.S. poet.
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| Definition of 'frost' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
2. (noun) freeze, frost
weather cold enough to cause freezing
3. (noun) frost, icing
the formation of frost or ice on a surface
4. (verb) Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost
United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
5. (verb) frost, ice
decorate with frosting
"frost a cake"
6. (verb) frost
provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
"frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
7. (verb) frost
cover with frost
"ice crystals frosted the glass"
8. (verb) frost
damage by frost
"The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
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1. (noun) frost
a white icy layer caused by freezing temperatures
to scrape the frost off the windshield
2. frost
weather conditions that produce frost
An early frost will kill young plants.; a hard/severe frost
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) frost
the act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids
2. (verb) frost
the state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather
3. (verb) frost
frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost
4. (verb) frost
coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character
5. (verb) frost
to injure by frost; to freeze, as plants
6. (verb) frost
to cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass
7. (verb) frost
to roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather
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Sense: frozen dew, vapour etc
The ground was covered with frost this morning.
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 Afrikaans: ryp |
 Arabic: جَليد |
 Bulgarian: слана |
 Brazilian: geada |
 Czech: jinovatka |
 German: der Frost |
 Danish: frost |
 Greek: παγωνιά |
 Spanish: escarcha |
 Estonian: härmatis, hall |
 Farsi: شبنم یخ زده |
 Finnish: huurre |
 French: givre |
 Hebrew: קָרָה |
 Hindi: पाला |
 Croatian: mraz, inje |
 Hungarian: fagy |
 Indonesian: embun beku |
 Icelandic: frost |
 Italian: brina |
 Japanese: 霜 |
 Korean: 서리 |
 Lithuanian: šerkšnas, šalna |
 Latvian: salna; sarma |
 Malay: embun beku |
 Dutch: rijp |
 Norwegian: rim(frost) |
 Polish: szron |
 Persian: شبنم یخ زده |
 Pashto: پرخه، يخ، شبنم، يخ وهل |
 Portuguese: geada |
 Romanian: îngheţ |
 Russian: иней |
 Slovak: inovať |
 Slovenian: ivje |
 Serbian: mraz |
 Swedish: rimfrost |
 Thai: น้ำค้างแข็ง |
 Turkish: kırağı |
 Taiwanese: 霜 |
 Ukrainian: іній |
 Urdu: جلید |
 Vietnamese: sự đông giá |
 Chinese: 霜 |
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