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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