| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  frôst, fr st |
| NOUN: | 1. A deposit of minute ice crystals formed when water vapor condenses at a temperature below freezing. 2. A temperature low enough to cause freezing. 3. The process of freezing. 4. A cold or icy manner. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: frost·ed, frost·ing, frosts
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To cover with frost. 2. To damage or kill by frost. 3. To cover (glass, for example) with a roughened or speckled decorative surface. 4. To cover or decorate with icing: frost a cake. 5. Slang To anger or upset: What really frosted me about the incident was the fact that you lied. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To become covered with or as if with frost. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English. See preus- in Appendix I.
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