Frost

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A deposit of minute ice crystals formed when water vapor condenses at a temperature below freezing.
  • noun. A period of weather when such deposits form.
  • noun. A cold manner or period of disaffection.
  • intransitive verb. To cover with frost.
  • intransitive verb. To damage or kill by frost.
  • intransitive verb. To cover (glass, for example) with a roughened or speckled decorative surface.
  • intransitive verb. To cover or decorate with icing.
  • intransitive verb. To bleach or lighten the color of (hair) with dye so that some but not all strands are changed in color.
  • intransitive verb. To anger or upset.
  • intransitive verb. To become covered with frost.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A spiked sole put on shoes to enable one to walk on ice without slipping.
  • noun. The act of freezing; congelation of fluids; formation of ice.
  • noun. That state or temperature of the air which occasions freezing or the congelation of water; severe cold or freezing weather.
  • noun. A covering of minute ice-needles formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and on exposed objects when they have cooled by radiation below the dew-point and the dew-point is below the freezing-point. Also called hoar frost, white frost, and rime.
  • noun. The state or condition of being frozen: said of the surface of the ground: as, the frost extends to a depth of ten inches.
  • noun. Figuratively, coldness or severity of manner or feeling.
  • To injure by frost.
  • To cover with hoar frost; hence, to cover with something resembling hoar frost, as cake with a crust of white sugar; give the appearance or color of hoar frost to; lay on like hoar frost.
  • To sharpen the front and hind parts of (a horse's shoes): also applied elliptically to the horse itself. It is done to enable the horse to travel on ice or frozen roads.
  • To freeze; hence, to become like frost through alteration of structure, as glass.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
  • transitive verb. To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass.
  • transitive verb. To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
  • noun. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
  • noun. The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.
  • noun. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
  • noun. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
  • noun. cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost.
  • noun. a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophorus.
  • noun. an American grape, with very small, acid berries.
  • noun. a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used especially in lighthouses.
  • noun. a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keep him from slipping.
  • noun. an appearance resembling smoke, caused by congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold.
  • noun. a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze.
  • noun. a popular personification of frost.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Some of these are tree branches, plant stems, leaves, wires, poles, vehicles, rooftops, or aircraft skin. Frost is the same process by which dew is formed except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing. Frost can be light or heavy.
  • noun. The cold weather that would cause frost as in (1) to form.
  • verb. To get covered with frost.
  • verb. To coat something (eg a cake) with white icing to resemble frost.
  • verb. To anger or annoy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
  • noun. the formation of frost or ice on a surface
  • verb. damage by frost
  • noun. weather cold enough to cause freezing
  • noun. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
  • verb. provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
  • verb. decorate with frosting
  • verb. cover with frost
  • Word Usage
    "[95] On the 21st of December, 1564, began a frost referred to by Fleming, in his Index to _Holinshed_, as the "_frost called the great frost_," which lasted till the 3rd of January, 1565."
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    Aust  accost  cost  crossed  defrost  
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    breeze  chill  darkness  dew  drought  
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