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frost

noun

  1. a freezing or state of being frozen
  2. a temperature low enough to cause freezing
  3. the icy crystals that form directly on a freezing surface as moist air contacts it; rime; hoarfrost
  4. coolness of action, feeling, manner, etc.
  5. Informal a book, play, etc. that is poorly received by the public; failure

transitive verb

  1. to cover with frost
  2. to damage, wither, or kill by freezing
  3. to cover with frosting, or icing
  4. to give a frostlike, opaque surface to (glass or metal)
  5. to apply lighter coloring to selected strands of (hair) using a chemical dye
  6. Slang to make angry, annoy, irritate, etc.

Frost, Robert (Lee) 1874-1963; U.S. poet

See frost in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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