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frost - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'frost' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Frost [ v. i.]
- The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
- The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.
- Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
- Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
2 . Frost [ v. t.]
- To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
- To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass.
- To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.

Meaning of 'frost' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . frost [ v]
Meaning (1):
- decorate with frosting
Example in sentence:
  • frost a cake
Meaning (2):
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
Example in sentence:
  • frost the glass;
  • she frosts her hair
Meaning (3):
- cover with frost
Example in sentence:
  • ice crystals frosted the glass
Meaning (4):
- damage by frost
Example in sentence:
  • The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown