frost
verb/frɒst/
/frɔːst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they frost | /frɒst/ /frɔːst/ |
| he / she / it frosts | /frɒsts/ /frɔːsts/ |
| past simple frosted | /ˈfrɒstɪd/ /ˈfrɔːstɪd/ |
| past participle frosted | /ˈfrɒstɪd/ /ˈfrɔːstɪd/ |
| -ing form frosting | /ˈfrɒstɪŋ/ /ˈfrɔːstɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to cover something or to become covered with a thin white layer of ice
- frost something (over/up) The mirror was frosted up.
- frost (over/up) The windows had frosted over.
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- [transitive] frost something (especially North American English) to cover a cake with frosting
Word OriginOld English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to freeze.
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