frost

  • 51frost up — phrasal verb frost over or frost up [intransitive/transitive] Word forms frost over : present tense I/you/we/they frost over he/she/it frosts over present participle frosting over past tense frosted over past participle frosted over to cover… …

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  • 52Frost — der Frost, ö e (Grundstufe) Temperatur unter 0°C (meist im Winter) Beispiele: Bei so einem Frost gehe ich nicht aus dem Haus. Nadelbäume sind nicht anfällig für Frost. der Frost (Aufbaustufe) heftige Empfindung von Kälte Synonym: Frostgefühl… …

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  • 53frost — noun 1) bushes covered with frost Syn: ice crystals, ice, rime, verglas; hoarfrost, ground frost, black frost; informal Jack Frost; archaic hoar 2) there was frost in his tone Syn: coldness, coolness, frostiness …

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  • 54frost — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German frost more at freeze Date: before 12th century 1. a. the process of freezing b. a covering of minute ice crystals on a cold surface; also ice particles formed from a gas …

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  • 55Frost — Frọst der; (e)s, Frös·te; ein Wetter, bei dem die Temperatur der Luft unter 0° Celsius liegt und bei dem Wasser gefriert ↔ Tauwetter <leichter, starker, strenger Frost>: Für morgen ist Frost angesagt; Wir haben heute Frost; Manche Pflanzen …

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  • 56frost — noun 1》 a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing. 2》 a period of cold weather when frost forms. verb 1》 cover or be covered with or as if with frost; freeze. 2》 N. Amer …

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  • 57frost — I. n. 1. Rime, hoar frost, frozen dew, white frost. 2. Cold manner, reserve, frigidity, iciness, stiffness, want of cordiality, unsociability. II. v. a. 1. Ice, cover with frosting. 2. Whiten, sprinkle with white, sprinkle with gray hairs. 3.… …

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  • 58Frost —    (Heb. kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., ice ); Gen. 31:40; Jer. 36:30; rendered ice in Job 6:16, 38:29; and crystal in Ezek. 1:22. At the present day frost is entirely unknown in the lower portions of the valley of the Jordan, but… …

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  • 59frost — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rime, hoarfrost, cranreuch; coldness, cold. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Temperature that causes freezing] Syn. freeze, drop, killing frost; see cold 1 . 2. [Frozen dew or vapor] Syn. blight, hoarfrost,… …

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  • 60frost — [frɒst] noun I 1) [U] a thin white layer of ice that looks like powder and that forms on things outside when the weather is very cold bushes covered with frost[/ex] 2) [C/U] a period of weather that is cold enough to form frost II verb [T]… …

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