rime frost
11rime — [raım] n [U] literary [: Old English; Origin: hrim] ↑frost (=powdery ice) …
12rime — [ raım ] noun 1. ) uncount LITERARY FROST 2. ) count or uncount an old spelling of rhyme …
13rime — rime1 rimeless, adj. /ruym/, n., v., rimed, riming. n. 1. Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Cf. frost (def. 2),… …
14frost — frostless, adj. frostlike, adj. /frawst, frost/, n. 1. a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water. 2. Also called hoarfrost. a covering of minute ice needles, formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and… …
15Frost — /frawst, frost/, n. Robert (Lee), 1874 1963, U.S. poet. * * * I Atmospheric moisture that crystallizes directly on the ground and on exposed objects. The term also refers to the occurrence of subfreezing temperatures that affect plants and crops …
16frost — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rime, hoarfrost, cranreuch; coldness, cold. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Temperature that causes freezing] Syn. freeze, drop, killing frost; see cold 1 . 2. [Frozen dew or vapor] Syn. blight, hoarfrost,… …
17rime — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rim, from Old English hrīm; akin to Old Norse hrīm frost Date: before 12th century 1. frost 1b 2. an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog …
18rime — rime1 [rʌɪm] noun (also rime ice) frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapour in cloud or fog. ↘literary hoar frost. verb literary cover with hoar frost. Origin OE hrīm, of Gmc origin. rime2 noun & verb archaic spelling of… …
19frost — noun 1) bushes covered with frost Syn: ice crystals, ice, rime, verglas; hoarfrost, ground frost, black frost; informal Jack Frost; archaic hoar 2) there was frost in his tone Syn: coldness, coolness, frostiness …
20rime — I. /raɪm / (say ruym) noun, verb (t), verb (i) (rimed, riming) → rhyme. II. /raɪm / (say ruym) noun 1. a rough, white icy covering deposited on trees, etc., somewhat resembling white frost, but formed only from fog or vapour bearing air. –verb… …
