the icy crystals that form directly on a freezing surface as moist air contacts it; rime; hoarfrost
coolness of action, feeling, manner, etc.
Informal a book, play, etc. that is poorly received by the public; failure
transitive verb
to cover with frost
to damage, wither, or kill by freezing
to cover with frosting, or icing
to give a frostlike, opaque surface to (glass or metal)
to apply lighter coloring to selected strands of (hair) using a chemical dye
Slang to make angry, annoy, irritate, etc.
Frost,
Robert (Lee) 1874-1963; U.S. poet
See frost in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(frôst, frŏst)
noun
A deposit of minute ice crystals formed when water vapor condenses at a temperature below freezing.
A temperature low enough to cause freezing.
The process of freezing.
A cold or icy manner.
verbfrost·ed, frost·ing, frosts verb, transitive
To cover with frost.
To damage or kill by frost.
To cover (glass, for example) with a roughened or speckled decorative surface.
To cover or decorate with icing: frost a cake.
Slang To anger or upset: What really frosted me about the incident was the fact that you lied.
verb, intransitive
To become covered with or as if with frost.
(frôst, frŏst), Robert Lee 1874-1963.
American poet whose deceptively simple works, often set in rural New England, explore the relationships between individuals and between people and nature. His collections include A Boy's Will (1913) and In the Clearing (1962). He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943.