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Frost

//fɹɒst// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable

    "A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”"

  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Clare County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Faribault County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Navarro County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    weather cold enough to cause freezing wordnet
  3. 3
    The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form. countable, uncountable

    "Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes."

  4. 4
    the formation of frost or ice on a surface wordnet
  5. 5
    Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "It was one of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow-wreath."

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  1. 6
    ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) wordnet
  2. 7
    The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  3. 8
    A shade of white, like that of frost. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A disappointment; a cheat. countable, dated, slang, uncountable
  5. 10
    A kind of light diffuser. countable, uncountable

    "Frosts and diffusion are flame retardant and produce similar results except that some of the frosts are very subtle in their effects. For example: Hamburg Frost will soften the beam edge with little additional spread of the beam."

Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with frost. transitive
  2. 2
    damage by frost wordnet
  3. 3
    To become covered with frost. intransitive

    "“The weather is pleasant while it frosted a little at night.”"

  4. 4
    cover with frost wordnet
  5. 5
    To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost. transitive
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  1. 6
    provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance wordnet
  2. 7
    To anger or annoy. informal, transitive

    "I think the boss's decision frosted him a bit."

  3. 8
    decorate with frosting wordnet
  4. 9
    To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice. transitive
  5. 10
    To bleach individual strands of hair while leaving adjacent strands untouched. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English frost, from an unmetathesized variant of Old English forst (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Froast, Fröäst (“frost”), West Frisian froast (“frost”), Cimbrian bròst, vrost, vròst (“frost”), Dutch vorst (“frost”), German Frost (“frost”), Luxembourgish Frascht (“frost”), Vilamovian fröst (“frost”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish frost (“frost”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost, rime, snow”). Related to freeze.

Etymology 2

From Middle English frost, from an unmetathesized variant of Old English forst (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Froast, Fröäst (“frost”), West Frisian froast (“frost”), Cimbrian bròst, vrost, vròst (“frost”), Dutch vorst (“frost”), German Frost (“frost”), Luxembourgish Frascht (“frost”), Vilamovian fröst (“frost”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish frost (“frost”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost, rime, snow”). Related to freeze.

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