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# frost

«frost» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Thin white ice crystals that form on grass, cars and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (frost — uncountable; a frost, frosts); verb (frost, frosts, frosted, frosting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thin white ice crystals that form on grass, cars and windows when the air is below freezing, especially on cold clear nights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#m1)

2) Weather cold enough to freeze water (a hard frost). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#m2)

3) To cover with frost or become covered with it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#m3)

4) (US) To put icing on a cake (frosting = icing). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Frost in the Tanakh is sent by God. The Psalms and Job name hoar-frost as one of God's powers over nature, and the plague of frost on the vines recalls Egypt. The tradition reads these as signs of God's rule over creation. In the primary lessons: In science, frost forms when water vapour in the air touches a very cold surface and turns straight into ice crystals; it is part of the water cycle and weather. In everyday life: scraping frost off car windows, frosty grass at playtime. In safety: frosty paths and roads are slippery; frost can damage plants (gardeners protect them). Phrases: hard frost, first frost, frosty (adjective), frostbite, Jack Frost (a make-believe character).

### examples

- Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. (Torah GEN.31.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x1)
- And when the layer of dew was gone up, behold upon the face of the wilderness a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost on the ground. (Torah EXO.16.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x2)
- And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? (Writings JOB.38.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x3)
- He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost. (Writings PSA.78.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x4)
- He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. (Writings PSA.147.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x5)
- There was frost on the grass this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x6)
- Dad scraped the frost off the car window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x7)
- Frost makes beautiful patterns on the glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x8)
- Be careful — the path is slippery with frost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x9)
- The first frost killed the tomato plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x10)
- Frost forms on clear, cold nights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x11)
- We frosted the cupcakes with pink icing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x12)
- It certainly was a dreadfully hard frost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/#x13)

### note

«Frost» (uncountable: there was frost) but «a hard frost» or «frosts». In the USA «frosting» = icing on a cake. Frostbite is an injury to fingers, toes, nose or ears from extreme cold.

### In the corpora

- [He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1374/)
- [He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2663/)
- [And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1035/)
- [Frost forms when water vapour turns straight into ice on a surface below freezing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/13/)
- [Gritters spread salt before a frost because salty water freezes at a lower temperature than plain water, so ice forms less easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.