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frote

/fɹəʊt/

frote verb: to rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

Verb

frote (third-person singular simple present frotes, present participle froting, simple past and past participle froted)

  1. (obsolete) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
    • Let a man ſweat once a weeke in a Hothouſe, and be well rubd and froted with a good plumpe juicie wench, and ſweet linnen, he ſhall ne’re ha’ the Poxe.1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii...
    • She smelles, she kisseth, and her corps
      She loves exceedingly; She tufts her heare , she frotes her face1577, Timothy Kendall, Flowers of Epigrammes

Forms of frote

third-person singular presentfrotes
present participlefroting
past participlefroted
pastfroted

Origin of frote

From French frotter.

Words that rhyme with frote

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about frote

What does frote mean?
Frote means to rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
What part of speech is frote?
Frote is a verb.
How do you pronounce frote?
Frote is pronounced /fɹəʊt/.
What is the past tense of frote?
The past tense of frote is froted.

Words near frote in the dictionary

  1. frosé
  2. frosés
  3. frot
  4. frotdog
  5. frotdogs
  6. frote
  7. froterer
  8. froth
  9. froth at the gash
  10. froth at the mouth
  11. froth flotation

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