Frost
[frɒst] or [frɔst]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
(verb.) damage by frost; 'The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown'.
(verb.) cover with frost; 'ice crystals frosted the glass'.
(verb.) provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; 'frost the glass'; 'she frosts her hair'.
(verb.) decorate with frosting; 'frost a cake'.
Editor: Moll--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
(v. i.) The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.
(v. i.) Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
(v. i.) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
(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. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rime, hoar-frost, frozen dew.
v. a. Ice, cover with frosting.
Checker: Neil
Definition
n. the state of the atmosphere in which water freezes: state of being frozen: frozen dew also called hoar-frost: (slang) a disappointment a cheat.—v.t. to cover with hoar-frost or with anything resembling hoar-frost: to sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) that it may not slip on ice.—n. Frost′-bite the freezing or depression of vitality in a part of the body by exposure to cold.—v.t. to affect with frost.—adjs. Frost′-bit′ten bitten or affected by frost; Frost′-bound bound or confined by frost; Frost′ed covered by frost or any fine powder: injured by frost.—adv. Frost′ily.—ns. Frost′iness; Frost′ing the composition resembling hoar-frost used to cover cake &c.—adj. Frost′less free from frost.—n. Frost′-nail a projecting nail in a horse-shoe serving as an ice-calk.—v.t. to put in such nails.—ns. Frost′-smoke vapour frozen in the atmosphere and having a smoke-like appearance; Frost′-work work resembling hoar-frost on shrubs &c.—adj. Frost′y producing or containing frost: chill in affection: frost-like.
Typist: Stacey
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing frost on a dark gloomy morning, signifies exile to a strange country, but your wanderings will end in peace. To see frost on a small sunlit landscape, signifies gilded pleasures from which you will be glad to turn later in life, and by your exemplary conduct will succeed in making your circle forget past escapades. To dream that you see a friend in a frost, denotes a love affair in which your rival will be worsted. For a young woman, this dream signifies the absence of her lover and danger of his affections waning. This dream is bad for all classes in business and love.
Editor: Wendell
Unserious Contents or Definition
An old flame after the engagement is broken off.
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Examples
- How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow; yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- While obeying my directions, he glanced at me now and then suspiciously from under his frost-white eyelashes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The cold hoar frost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Behind November came deep winter--clearness, stillness, frost accompanying. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Those few warm words, though only warm with anger, breathed on that frail frost-work of reserve; about this time, it gave note of dissolution. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was the weather to call out May's radiance, and she burned like a young maple in the frost. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They passed out, closing the front door after them, and side by side paced the frost-white pavement to and fro. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Frosts will soon set in, and in all probability with severity. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- For a week the Grand Army struggled through mud; then came sharp frosts, and then the first flakes of snow, and then snow and snow. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alternate frosts and thaws succeeding to floods, rendered the country impassable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Winter again came round, with its winds, frosts, tame robins, and sparkling starlight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Frosts appear at night; November has sent his fogs in advance; the wind takes its autumn moan; but--he is coming. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Warnings of frosts and of freezing weather have enabled the growers of such products to protect and save large quantities of valuable plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The embrowning woods, and swollen rivers, the evening mists, and morning frosts, were welcomed with gratitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- At the shore, where the ice has been partly forced out along the banks, it will be full of grass, leaves, pebbles and sticks, and presents a broken and frosted appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Dip an oar, and its blade turns to splendid frosted silver, tinted with blue. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Reflects the new Veneering crest, in gold and eke in silver, frosted and also thawed, a camel of all work. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At which his mother merely pursed her lips under the lace veil that hung down from her grey velvet bonnet trimmed with frosted grapes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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