frost 
frost (frôst, fräst)
noun
- a freezing or state of being frozen
- a temperature low enough to cause freezing
- 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
Etymology: ME < OE forst, frost (akin to Ger frost) < pp. base of freosan (see freeze) + -t (Gmc *-ta), nominal suffix
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 (frôst, fräst)
Frost, Robert (Lee) 1874-1963; U.S. poet
frost
n.
Converse of object
- withstand: Harm Badly affected plants can be so weakened they are unable to withstand winter frosts.
- tolerate: Large showy blooms ideal in patio containers will tolerate moderate spring frosts.
- melt: The weather was improving, and the sun beginning to melt the slight frost which could be seen glinting off the grass blades.
Converse of subject
- blacken: Pots emerging, a little blackened by last frost.
Adjective modifier
- hoar: An absence of hoar frost in many areas left many drivers unaware of the hazard.
- overnight: The forecast suggests a spell of milder weather, possibly followed by high pressure, which could bring overnight frosts.
- sublime: Not a cloud in the sky, the caps of the Munros glistening white with snow and a sublime frost covering everything.
- severe: A severe frost can wipe out crops for two years.
- sharp: The year is entering its coldest phase and December brings some sharp frosts.
- slight: Bolton Abbey station in a slight frost with the fires going.
Modifies a noun
- heave: Firm back newly planted trees and shrubs if they have been lifted by frost heave or by strong winds.
- nip: He was bundled into a snow hole for shelter and was subsequently successfully treated for ' frost nip ' .
- bite: You don't wanna get frost bite, do ya?
- resistant: They appear to be more frost resistant than the typical species.
- damage: A large drain tap was added to the bottom of the radiator to prevent frost damage in the future.
- proof: A frost proof shelter measuring four feet x four feet is attached to the flight at the rear.
Adjective complement
- hardy: They are not quite as hungry and fussy as cauliflower and are more frost hardy.
Preposition: of
- autumn: Plants should be packed tightly together either in pots or planting them temporarily in the ground until just before the first frosts of autumn.
Noun used with modifier
She has made me in love with a cold climate, and frost and snow, with a northern moonlight.
A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed, it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some headway towards equality, a seemingly inevitable early frost to the brief flowerings of feminism.
Thenover thepark (where Ifirst inmy life, it being a great frost, did see people sliding with their skates, which is a very pretty art).
Up, and by coach to Sir Ph.Warwickes, the street being full of footballs, it being a great frost.
The last light has gone out of the world, except This moonlight lying on the grass like frost Beyond the brink of the tall elm's shadow.
I weep for Adonaisöhe is dead! O, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head!
The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind.
Browse dictionary entries near frost
- ‹ frosh
- ‹ frore
- ‹ frontwards
- ‹ frontward
- ‹ frontoparietal
- ‹ frontopalatal
- ‹ fronton
- ‹ frontolysis
- ‹ frontogenesis
- ‹ fronto-
- frost line ›
- Frostbelt ›
- frostbite ›
- frostfish ›
- frostflower ›
- frosting ›
- frostwork ›
- frosty ›
- froth ›
- frothy ›
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