frost
/fɹɔst/ verb C1- To cover with frost.
- To become covered with frost.
- To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
- To anger or annoy. · I think the boss's decision frosted him a bit.
- To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
- To bleach individual strands of hair while leaving adjacent strands untouched.
He/she/it frosts · Past frosted · Past participle frosted · -ing form frosting
Verb forms
- Base form
- frost
- He/she/it
- frosts
- Past
- frosted
- Past participle
- frosted
- -ing form
- frosting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Collins would have led them round his two meadows; but the ladies, not having shoes to encounter the remains of a white frost, turned back; and while Sir William accompanied him, Charlotte took her sister and friend over the house, extremely well pleased, probably, to have the opportunity of showing it without her husband’s help.
Not many days later, winter set in again with renewed frost and cold.
Are frosted like a wedding-cake.
A bright fire was glowing in the old-fashioned Waterloo stove and blue-white frost crystals were shining on the windowpanes.
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