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befrost

befrost verb: to place frost upon; cover with frost.

Verb

befrost (third-person singular simple present befrosts, present participle befrosting, simple past and past participle befrosted)

  1. (transitive) To place frost upon; cover with frost
    • […] The faint wind of your favour, that but for a moment blew, with grief has part befrosted the small sedge of the eaves.1934, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, volumes 1-6, page 131
    • Yellow-ochre is the universal colour, and mealy granules befrost the caps (under 1′′ broad) and stems up to their friable, indefinite rings.2014, James H. Willis, Victorian Toadstools and Mushrooms

Forms of befrost

third-person singular presentbefrosts
present participlebefrosting
past participlebefrosted
pastbefrosted

Origin of befrost

From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + frost.

Questions about befrost

What does befrost mean?
Befrost means to place frost upon; cover with frost.
What part of speech is befrost?
Befrost is a verb.
What is the past tense of befrost?
The past tense of befrost is befrosted.

Words near befrost in the dictionary

  1. befringed
  2. befringes
  3. befringing
  4. befrocked
  5. befrogged
  6. befrost
  7. befrosted
  8. befrosting
  9. befrosts
  10. befroze
  11. befrozen

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