frost

[[t]frɔst, frɒst[/t]]

n.

1) mer a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water

2) mer a covering of minute ice crystals, formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and exposed objects when they have cooled by radiation below the dew point

3) the act or process of freezing

4) coldness of manner or temperament

5) inf Informal. something that meets with lack of enthusiasm, as a theatrical performance or party; failure; flop

6) to cover with frost

7) to give a frostlike surface to (glass, metal, etc.)

8) coo to cover or decorate with frosting or icing; ice:

to frost a cake[/ex]

9) cvb clo to bleach selected strands of (a person's hair)

10) to kill or injure by frost

11) cvb to make angry

12) to become covered with frost or freeze (often fol. by up or over)

13) bui (of varnish, paint, etc.) to dry with a film resembling frost

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE frost, forst; c. OHG, ON frost; akin to freeze