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frost

  [frawst, frost]
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–noun
1. a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
2. Also called hoarfrost. a covering of minute ice needles, formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and exposed objects when they have cooled by radiation below the dew point, and when the dew point is below the freezing point.
3. the act or process of freezing.
4. coldness of manner or temperament: We noticed a definite frost in his greeting.
5. Informal. a coolness between persons.
6. Informal. something that meets with lack of enthusiasm, as a theatrical performance or party; failure; flop.
7. a milk shake, frappe, or similar drink: a chocolate frost.
–verb (used with object)
8. to cover with frost.
9. to give a frostlike surface to (glass, metal, etc.).
10. to ice (a cake, cookies, etc.).
11. to bleach selected strands of (a person's hair) in order to create highlights.
12. to kill or injure by frost: a freezing rain that badly frosted the tomato plants.
13. to make angry: I was frosted by his critical comment.
–verb (used without object)
14. to become covered with frost or freeze (often fol. by up or over): The windshield has frosted over.
15. (of varnish, paint, etc.) to dry with a film resembling frost.
—Idiom
16. degree of frost, British. the degree of temperature Fahrenheit below the freezing point: 10 degrees of frost is equivalent to 22°F.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE frost, forst; c. OS, OHG, ON frost; akin to freeze

Related forms:
frostless, adjective
frostlike, adjective

Synonyms:
4. aloofness, coolness, distance, remoteness.

frost⋅ed

  [fraw-stid, fros-tid]
–adjective
1. covered with or having frost.
2. made frostlike in appearance, as certain translucent glass: a frosted window; a frosted light bulb.
3. coated or decorated with frosting or icing, as a cake.
4. (of hair) highlighted, esp. by bleaching selected strands.
5. made with ice cream: frosted malted.
6. quick-frozen.
–noun
7. a thick beverage, usually made with milk, flavoring syrup, and ice cream whipped together.
Origin:
1635–45; frost + -ed 2
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Slang Dictionary
frost

  1. tv.
    to make someone angry. (See also frosted (over).) : The little car frosted me by zooming into my parking place.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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frosted (over)

  1. mod.
    angry; annoyed. : The clerk was really frosted over when I asked for a better one.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

frost 
O.E. forst, frost "a freezing, becoming frozen, extreme cold," from P.Gmc. *frusta- (cf. O.H.G. frost, Du. vorst), related to freosan "to freeze." Frost-bitten first recorded 1593. Frosting in the sense of "cake icing" is from 1858.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

frost (frôst)
n.
A deposit of minute ice crystals formed when water vapor condenses at a temperature below freezing.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Science Dictionary
frost   (frôst)  Pronunciation Key 
A deposit of tiny, white ice crystals on a surface. Frost forms through sublimation, when water vapor in the air condenses at a temperature below freezing. It gets its white color from tiny air bubbles trapped in the ice crystals. See more at dew point.
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