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A deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing
“We had set out reluctantly on a Friday evening at the end of a hard working week through a wintry countryside glittering with frost and wreathed in freezing mist.”
A weather condition or period of cold weather in which deposits of frost form
“Sow seeds indoors about six weeks before the average date of the last spring frost in your area.”
A person's cold or unfriendly manner
“The Englishwomen never appeared to exchange any words yesterday, but the frost between them made the NIA seem closer to Turin than the Bullring.”
An object, person or endeavor in a state of failure
“The meeting next morning was a complete frost. Mother gave not the faintest sign of recognition. A half-hour's talk convinced her, too, that this man was a stranger.”
A personification of winter
Weather conditions characterized by low temperatures
The change from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature
To annoy or irritate (someone)
“I wasn't concerned about a parking ticket, but, in my lousy mood, getting towed would really frost me.”
To sweeten, typically by adding a coat of sugar
To become frozen
(of cakes, tarts, etc.) To cover with icing (frosting)
To make or become white
To subject to cold temperatures
To lessen or abate the effects of
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