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Definition of crust verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crust

verb
 
/krʌst/
 
/krʌst/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crust
 
/krʌst/
 
/krʌst/
he / she / it crusts
 
/krʌsts/
 
/krʌsts/
past simple crusted
 
/ˈkrʌstɪd/
 
/ˈkrʌstɪd/
past participle crusted
 
/ˈkrʌstɪd/
 
/ˈkrʌstɪd/
-ing form crusting
 
/ˈkrʌstɪŋ/
 
/ˈkrʌstɪŋ/
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  1. to form a hard layer; to cover something with a hard layer
    • crust over with something Water was beginning to crust over with ice as temperatures dropped.
    • crust over Once the blisters have crusted over, the disease is not likely to spread.
    • crust something Dirt crusted her cheek.
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French crouste, from Latin crusta ‘rind, shell, crust’.
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