frost: Meaning and Definition of
frost
Pronunciation: (frôst, frost), [key]
—v.t. - to cover with frost.
- to give a frostlike surface to (glass, metal, etc.).
- to ice (a cake, cookies, etc.).
- to bleach selected strands of (a person's hair) in order to create highlights.
- to kill or injure by frost: a freezing rain that badly frosted the tomato plants.
- to make angry: I was frosted by his critical comment.
—v.i. - to become covered with frost or freeze (often fol. by up or over): The windshield has frosted over.
- (of varnish, paint, etc.) to dry with a film resembling frost.
Frost
Pronunciation: (frôst, frost), [key] - 1874–1963, U.S. poet.
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