[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

frost \frost\, v. t. imp.  p. p. frosted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   frosting.
   1. to injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
      1913 webster

   2. to cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling
      frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass; as, glass may
      be frosted by exposure to hydrofluoric acid.
      1913 webster

            while with a hoary light she frosts the ground.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   3. to roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of
      horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
      1913 webster
see also:
frosted frosting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

frost \frost\ fro^st; 115, n. oe. frost, forst, as. forst,
   frost. fr. fre'osan to freeze; akin to d. varst, g., ohg.,
   icel., dan.,  sw. frost. root18. see freeze, v. i.
   1. the act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
      of water; congelation of fluids.
      1913 webster

   2. the state or temperature of the air which occasions
      congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
      freezing weather.
      1913 webster

            the third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
      1913 webster

            he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --ps.
                                                  cxlvii. 16.
      1913 webster

   4. coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
      character. r.
      1913 webster

            it was of those moments of intense feeling when the
            frost of the scottish people melts like a snow
            wreath.                               --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
      cause it to turn black, without the formation of
      hoarfrost.

   frost bearer physics, a philosophical instrument
      illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
      cryophorus.

   frost grape bot., an american grape, with very small,
      acid berries.

   frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an argand
      lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
      especially in lighthouses. --knight.

   frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
      shoe to keep him from slipping.

   frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
      congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
      cold.
      1913 webster

            the brig and the ice round her are covered by a
            strange black
            obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
                                                  --kane.

   frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
      hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
      freeze.

   jack frost, a popular personification of frost.
      1913 webster
see also:
freeze hoarfrost white frost black frost frost bearer frost grape 
frost lamp frost nail frost smoke frost valve jack frost 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

frost
     n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit especially on objects
          outside syn: hoar, hoarfrost, rime
     2: weather cold enough to cause freezing syn: freeze
     3: the formation of frost or ice on a surface syn: icing
     4: united states poet famous for his lyrical poems on country
        life in new england 1874-1963 syn: robert frost, robert
        lee frost
     v 1: decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" syn: ice
     2: provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance;
        "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
     3: cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"
     4: damage by frost; "the icy precipitation frosted the flowers
        and athey turned brown"
see also:
hoar hoarfrost rime freeze icing robert frost 
robert lee frost ice 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

100 moby thesaurus words for "frost":
   jack frost, benumb, besnow, bite, bitter weather, black frost,
   blanch, bleach, bleak weather, bomb, bust, cap, chalk, chill,
   chilliness, climax, cold snap, cold wave, cold weather, coldness,
   consummate, coolness, crest, crown, culminate, cut,
   depth of winter, disaffinity, dull thud, enmity, etiolate, fizzle,
   flat failure, flop, floperoo, freeze, freezing weather, frost line,
   frost over, frost smoke, frostbite, go through, grizzle, hail,
   hard winter, head, hoar, hoarfrost, ice, ice over, ice up, iciness,
   incompatibility, incompatibleness, inhospitality, inimicality,
   killing frost, lemon, nip, numb, outtop, overarch, overtop, peak,
   penetrate, personal conflict, pierce, raw weather, refrigerate,
   rime, rime frost, sharp frost, silver, sleet, snap, snow, snow in,
   snow under, strain, subzero weather, surmount, tension, tip, top,
   top off, total loss, turkey, unamiability, uncordiality,
   unfriendliness, ungeniality, unsociability, washout, white,
   white frost, whiten, winter, wintry weather, wintry wind,
   zero weather

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

frost
   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
   slight frosts are sometimes felt on the sea-coast and near
   lebanon." throughout western asia cold frosty nights are
   frequently succeeded by warm days.
   
     "hoar frost" heb. kephor, so called from its covering the
   ground is mentioned in ex. 16:14; job 38:29; ps. 147:16.
   
     in ps. 78:47 the word rendered "frost" r.v. marg., "great
   hail-stones", _hanamal_, occurs only there. it is rendered by
   gesenius, the hebrew lexicographer, "ant," and so also by
   others, but the usual interpretation derived from the ancient
   versions may be maintained.
   

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

frost, mn city, fips 22940
  location: 43.58372 n, 93.92537 w
  population 1990: 236 115 housing units
  area: 1.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 56033
frost, tx town, fips 27768
  location: 32.07815 n, 96.80796 w
  population 1990: 579 259 housing units
  area: 2.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 76641

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

frost, tx -- u.s. city in texas
   population 2000:    648
   housing units 2000: 250
   land area 2000:     1.131297 sq. miles 2.930045 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.005027 sq. miles 0.013021 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.136324 sq. miles 2.943066 sq. km
   fips code:            27768
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             32.079218 n, 96.808544 w
   zip codes 1990:     76641
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    frost, tx
    frost

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

frost, mn -- u.s. city in minnesota
   population 2000:    251
   housing units 2000: 126
   land area 2000:     0.526569 sq. miles 1.363807 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.526569 sq. miles 1.363807 sq. km
   fips code:            22940
   located within:       minnesota mn, fips 27
   location:             43.585305 n, 93.924737 w
   zip codes 1990:     56033
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    frost, mn
    frost

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