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FROST
Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost
(noun) United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
freeze, frost
(noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing
frost, icing
(noun) the formation of frost or ice on a surface
frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime
(noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
frost
(verb) damage by frost; āThe icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brownā
frost
(verb) cover with frost; āice crystals frosted the glassā
frost
(verb) provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; āfrost the glassā; āshe frosts her hairā
frost, ice
(verb) decorate with frosting; āfrost a cakeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Frost
A surname.
Anagrams
• forts, frots
Etymology
Noun
frost (countable and uncountable, plural frosts)
A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
(figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
(obsolete) The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.
A shade of white, like that of frost.
(slang, dated) A disappointment; a cheat.
Verb
frost (third-person singular simple present frosts, present participle frosting, simple past and past participle frosted)
(transitive) To cover with frost.
(intransitive) To become covered with frost.
(transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
(transitive) To anger or annoy.
(transitive) To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
Anagrams
• forts, frots
Source: Wiktionary
Frost, n. Etym: [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. freĆ³san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. *18. See Freeze, v. i.]
1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost. Shak.
3. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost. He scattereth the frost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.
4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. [R.] It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath. Sir W. Scott. Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost.
– Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophous.
– Frost grape (Bot.), an American grape, with very small, acid berries.
– Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used especially in lighthouses. Knight.
– Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keen him from slipping.
– Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold. The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters. Kane.
– Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze.
– Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.
Frost, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frostted; p. pr. & vb. n. Frosting.]
1. To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
2. To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass. While with a hoary light she frosts the ground. Wordsworth.
3. To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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