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befrosting

befrosting is the present participle and gerund of befrost.

Meaning of befrost

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

Questions about befrosting

What is befrosting the present participle and gerund of?
Befrosting is the present participle and gerund of befrost.

Words near befrosting in the dictionary

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

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