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    1. The best time to apply compost to the lawn is in early spring (or as soon as the last frost is over)


    2. The home was snug when needed, for the dark often brought frost and, in the winter, sometimes snow


    3. pitted by frost and chipped by ice,


    4. roof tiles steam away the frost


    5. he buries his head a while in the frost coated tails


    6. trailing marks of green on late winter frost,


    7. The pad of these paws on frost grass verges,


    8. and all arranged by the Frost Queen,


    9. scoured clean by frost and ice, streak the walls of slowly


    10. where the crystal beauty of frost is a dream made real

    11. tentative steps on frost laminated,


    12. It felt like there would be frost before Nightday even began and this was nearly mid summer


    13. When he set out for the address the air was very still, but cold, there was frost on the pavement but no ice on the water


    14. Maybe the label was telling the truth for once, usually when they state ‘hardy’ the plant curls up its roots at the first hint of a frost


    15. By the first of October, the chill was more than in the air, it hung in every conversation they had, and nipped at her nose when they didn't agree, but to keep peace she brushed off the frost, and allowed him to do as he pleased


    16. A mason or bricklayer, on the contrary, can work neither in hard frost


    17. morning, frost lay thick on the ground and leaves


    18. They crunched through another heavy morning frost,


    19. Here and there lay remnants of once mighty boulders, now shattered by frost and erosion


    20. The darks are quite brisk up here with frost or snow even in summer, during which the floater is a limp tent in a field

    21. to allow me the pleasure of breathing out while frost in the


    22. Reasons of frost destruction of concrete


    23. Frost resistance of concrete is ability to keep strength and working ability at action of cyclic freezing and thawing in the water saturating conditions


    24. At present, there is no general theory explaining the reason of frost destruction of concrete though it is obvious that finally, strength decrease of damp concrete at cyclic freezing and thawing is caused basically by formation of ice in concrete pores


    25. With increase W/C increases both total volume of open capillary voids and their average diameter, that also worsens frost resistance


    26. Measurement of frost resistance


    27. The standardized method of an estimation of frost resistance of concrete is characterized by number of cycles of freezing and thawing of specimens under standard conditions of test without essential strength decrease


    28. The system of normalization of frost resistance offered by us according to which number of cycles of freezing and thawing (F) of laboratory specimens is not given; a class of frost resistance of concrete is more rational


    29. Calculated methods allow to define approximately frost resistance of concrete


    30. 60-150 MPa, frost resistance – more than 600 cycles of freezing and thawing, water absorption – less than 1-2%, abrasiveness – no more than 0

    31. The collapsing and packing of the shelter went without incident, although for the first time they discovered a faint frost on the fabric


    32. When the cave entrance was opened, they were surprised to see that the ground outside had a very fine coating of powdery, white snow, barely more than a heavy frost really, but it gave the landscape an entirely different appearance


    33. Watching the fields covered in frost and the sun glinting


    34. for a harsh winter, so that he could stand at the window and look out past its lace of frost to the


    35. Still a late morning frost, he wondered why L-Seven-Six would choose to visit here


    36. ” His smile was as icy as the frost gathered on the panes of the window behind his desk


    37. Fairies, and out into the Open Air, where Jack Frost and the Star Beams


    38. But when 'little Jack Frost walked through the trees,' Papa


    39. into the Christmas frost, she returned again and again with soft steps,


    40. and frost should form a crust on top there was little hope of their

    41. Slowly, over the following moons, the darkness lengthened, and the chill winds turned the last of the heather brown, covering the trees with a light mantle of frost


    42. Once more the coldest season had begun to cup Brockenhurst Valley in its chilly embrace, turning the sun's cycle into white swathes of crisp frost and the moon's cycle into reflected points of light that almost out-sparkled the stars


    43. She complained bitterly of a frost bitten face and hand which we ignored with our usual aplomb


    44. The winter had come and the frost had snapped off many of the smaller


    45. This time of year, there was often frost on the roof first thing in the morning


    46. Richard Nixon, far from the claim of supporters that he “suffered,” lived an extremely well off and enviable life since being forced out of office in disgrace, even getting paid $7 million for the David Frost interviews


    47. But as I was saying, it was icy cold, with frost on the grass and car


    48. The land had a sheen to it, probably from frost or at least a very heavy dew


    49. He almost missed the symbol because it was painted on the lower corner of the shop’s window, and frost had obscured most of it


    50. The cold, as frost wind against wet skin running throughout the body leaving nothing but the humiliation














































    1. Klowee had her first decade and was introduced to the privileges and responsibilities of a one decade in the native tradition with only a vedn cake frosted with whipped sugar froth to mark customs of Earth, a token of which only he and Beeta partook


    2. welding herself into the frosted ground


    3. on crisp frosted grass


    4. chill of frosted windscreens


    5. lightly streaked with grey and an untamed shock of black hair frosted


    6. In Great Malvern near the town square just a ways down College road stood the snow laced gothic spires and frosted wintry windows of Malvern College Main Building


    7. It reminded me of the lightly frosted fake


    8. The exquisite paleness of it, frosted by the merest hint of freckles scattered across her chest like tiny flakes of gold


    9. cut back the old growth and lost the frosted shard splendour of


    10. He fleetingly glanced through the frosted panel of one at the figure that was indistinct but whom he knew to be Gerrid

    11. The lightest dusting of snow stippled the hills and dales, and frosted the cakes that were people’s houses


    12. Windows frosted with the cold let in some light, supplemented by a bulb with a large green shade hung over each of the tables at which the interpreters and their interviewees sat


    13. I limp toward the door, which is a pane of frosted glass


    14. Little or no jewellery was needed except for my usual gold earrings, but I was still fastening a gold bracelet and struggling with the clasp, when a shadow appeared outside the frosted glass door


    15. ” I looked through the frosted glass


    16. the bottom with a frosted glass window on top, displayed


    17. I can't help but be frosted by this little surprise


    18. Trask began to get frosted


    19. Her hair was frosted


    20. You snag a bowl of something frosted and sugary and join Wafer at the breakfast table

    21. Shadows move across your lids, birds flock over your skylight, you can see them through the frosted glass sheets


    22. All windows are frosted glass, and barred


    23. At eight-thirty, Robert opened the frosted glass windows


    24. He had the satisfaction of slamming Jane’s office door on the way out hard enough to crack the frosted glass window


    25. CHAMPAGNE IN A FROSTED SILVER ICE BUCKET THAT WAS SURROUNDED BY GLASSES ,IZ WHO WAS


    26. Light from the dimly lit sconces splashed through frosted glass and onto the shiny black granite countertop, where tiny specks of gold glinted from different angles


    27. When I emerged from behind the frosted glass doors, Laioli was waiting by a table that was set with trays of food steaming hot and smelling delicious


    28. I turned the water off, opened the frosted glass sliding door, stepped out and began to dry myself


    29. colors themselves unlike a morning frosted starting to sparkle and then fade in a morning


    30. I could see my breath as mist in the raw, morning air and through the ice-etched window I saw the frosted grass dusted with glittering diamonds in the weak, winter sunlight

    31. The conversation was interrupted by a knock on the frosted glass office door, and a detective hesitantly walked in


    32. Given that Tony the Tiger is the pitchman for Frosted Flakes, you'd think that there would be chunks of antelope in it


    33. same bitter cold one finds in a freezer when it’s all frosted up


    34. It’s one thing to eat a whole chocolate cake frosted with sugar


    35. The peace of the air wafts over me, and I smile, first at the clear blue sky, next at the craggy shapes of the Sierra Nevada to the north and east, her peaks still frosted with snow even into the late spring


    36. " his eyes frosted over for a second or two


    37. It was carved completely out of ice, though he couldn’t see the inside, for the castle had been frosted over from the new snowfall


    38. He stared at the thatch-roofed guardhouse, frosted in the moonlight, and while he saw nothing moving, he thought he could hear voices murmuring urgently within


    39. There was a tree completely frosted over, and another dusted with snow from a recent fall


    40. As they flew along the valley, he had a cinemascopic view of the forested floor, flowing up on both sides into the grandeur of the mountains, crowned with the frosted mist that blew off their peaks

    41. The shower door was curved Perspex with only a thin frosted floral and leaf design to barely obscure her


    42. Clutching a star-shaped, frosted sugar cookie in one hand, Nathan held a cup of steaming hot chocolate in the other


    43. A light snow had begun top fall as she stared through the frosted over


    44. Dry and frosted weeds, about knee high, crunched under her prayerful feet and sturdy shoes


    45. caught in the trees and bushes, painting a picture of frosted blos-


    46. When this proved impossible, they compromised by taking up the hobby of shouting carefully crafted threats and insults from outside the partially frosted windows


    47. Blizzards in New England, rather than the usual dogwood blooms, frosted trees struggling to don their own Easter Sunday finery


    48. “If you want something other than Frosted Flakes, that’s probably best


    49. precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than


    50. Through a peephole in the frosted glass he could see the LED of the answering machine, blinking because of his messages, but the hallway was otherwise gloomy





































    1. Apple, cinnamon, and frosting danced on her taste buds


    2. To Make Frosting Layer: In another saucepan combine the last three ingredients (1 cup milk chocolate chips, 1/4 butterscotch chips and 1/4 cup peanut butter), stir over low heat until melted and smooth


    3. Remove the melted chocolate from the heat and stir in the frosting and the nuts stirring until smooth


    4. Beat frosting mix, corn syrup, vanilla, and boiling water in a mixing bowl until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes


    5. Use a dab of frosting to hold all together


    6. The weather was overcast, the streets covered with a light frosting of snow


    7. Then again came twilight, and the kitten came to life, being covered with a frosting and receive affection from his mother - the willows on the bank, carefully hanging their delicate hands over the shiny azure of the river


    8. When cold spread with frosting


    9. Nature cooperated by covering the land with one of those beautiful glistening snowfalls that come from windless skies, frosting field and house and tree with faultless crystalline mantles


    10. Consider the cost of some cake mixes and frosting, and you can see how baking your own cake can save money

    11. Decorate! My family uses melted semi-sweet chocolate chips and sprinkles or powder sugar and milk mixed as frosting with sprinkles or colored sugar


    12. Frosting the top is last week’s


    13. Besides, each window has frosting settings and shades that can be pulled to give more privacy


    14. It looked like frosting atop a cake to him


    15. “Really? It's hardly vanilla frosting


    16. It was a square cake with cream-colored frosting running over the top and dripping down the sides


    17. - Metal Spatulas: Every cake decorator needs one large and one small angled spatula to spread and smooth frosting on your cake


    18. To keep your cake from crumbling, use the small metal spatula to carefully spread a thin layer of frosting on the cake


    19. This is followed by a normal layer of frosting


    20. covered with a light frosting of snow

    21. were covered with a thin white frosting, after he


    22. “Why should the frosting have all the limelight?” she asked herself, and


    23. Jasper pulled him out of the water and they stumbled in the deadly chill, their breath frosting in the air


    24. Tel spoke grimly, a rime of ice frosting his pale grey eyes


    25. a fork and cut a couple pieces of cake off if it with plenty of frosting on


    26. of frosting on them


    27. If frosting is too thick, thin with milk


    28. Desserts consisted of Torta di Ricotta Italian Cheesecake and Ciambelline Dolci con la Glassa; Sweet Cookie Rings with Lemon Frosting that symbolized the eternal binding love of the circled golden wedding bands that newly married couples wore


    29. " Her eyes roll back in bliss and the tip of her tongue slides across a dollop of fluffy pink frosting from her lower lip


    30. There's some cupcake frosting on his face, and his hair sticks up at odd angles, which actually suits him better than his usual style

    31. The sound repeats itself, this time with an added wheeze, and this time Eugene realizes that sound is emanating from his pocket - from his pocket where a very sick chameleon is hacking up several mojitos worth of limes and mint and quite a bit of strawberry frosting


    32. He'll remember that the cake is delicious, especially as Rapunzel brushes frosting off his face


    33. “What is it?” she asked, poking her finger into the thick frosting


    34. But if the outside temperature drops and your greenhouse cannot maintain a warm environment, placing a heater would save your plants from frosting and withering


    35. iced in butter cream frosting tend to be less expensive than cakes


    36. For a moment he sees her there, on his bed, falling back on the dark, glossy furs, laughing, dusky ice frosting her hair, a handful of velvety petals fluttering down to land on her bare breasts


    37. What kind of idiot has to be told they're pregnant by their boyfriend? I keep picturing Luke's face as I order two jelly-filled donuts and one of the heart-shaped ones with pink frosting


    38. I would sit there with the tight elastic thread of the birthday hat parting the pudge of my underchin, with the grainy frosting of the cake bluing my teeth, and I would try to figure out why it was fun


    39. “Find him,” said Manny and lay back, frosting the air with his silence


    40. He touched a fragment of white frosting to his mouth

    41. He must have stood there for half a minute, his breath frosting the air, before he reached out, took hold of the dish, sniffed it, felt the mushrooms, then at last, carrying the dish, went out into the hall


    42. But then you console yourself, thinking, the more times in, the more times possibly drowned, or choken on lemon frosting


    1. Mists in March brings frosts in May, but winds set fair the year,


    2. The gardens were harvested for the last time before the late fall frosts and the family prepared for the winter


    3. OF FROSTS AND COUGHS AND EARLY FLOWERS


    4. The vines are entangled in wire and lose their leaves with winter frosts


    5. The night frosts meant they might have to start


    6. ‘Yes, the trail’s rutted a bit but the frosts hardened the mud, so it should be okay


    7. The frosts came in November thus enabling the German forces to embark on their final lunge towards Moscow


    8. Ascertain and wait till frosts are finished before planting


    9. It was a cold November day, with the first proper frosts of the year


    10. The lawn had yellowed from the frosts and a lack of water and was half overgrown

    11. Moles and late frosts, both of which are here in abundance, have often grieved and disappointed me, but even these, my worst enemies, have not succeeded in making me feel discouraged


    12. It makes one so healthy to live in a garden, so healthy in mind as well as body, and when I say moles and late frosts are my worst enemies, it only shows how I could not now if I tried sit down and brood over my own or my neighbour's sins, and how the breezes in my garden have blown away all those worries and vexations and bitternesses that are the lot of those who live in a crowd


    13. For example, Fathers Frosts and Santas Clauses, Snowmen and Snow Maidens, Red Riding-Hoods and Kind Fairies — from generation to generation, all they become, in Conceptions of children, kinder more friendly and more “like humans”, more intellectual, attractive, with mobile phones, satellite dishes and joysticks for computer games, they understand computers and travel not by horse sleighs, but by rockets, personal aircraft, and so on


    14. Everywhere else on Brooks Range the temperature is rising; but at Kavik they are still having heavy frosts


    15. There had been no frosts to color the leaves


    16. My meaning, is, that churchmen in peace and quiet pray to Heaven for the welfare of the world, but we soldiers and knights carry into effect what they pray for, defending it with the might of our arms and the edge of our swords, not under shelter but in the open air, a target for the intolerable rays of the sun in summer and the piercing frosts of winter


    17. joustings, marshal tournaments, and prove himself noble, generous, and magnificent, and above all a good Christian, and so doing he will fulfil the duties that are especially his; but let the knight-errant explore the corners of the earth and penetrate the most intricate labyrinths, at each step let him attempt impossibilities, on desolate heaths let him endure the burning rays of the midsummer sun, and the bitter inclemency of the winter winds and frosts; let no lions daunt him, no monsters terrify him, no dragons make him quail; for to seek these, to attack those, and to vanquish all, are in truth his main duties


    18. Frosts will soon set in, and in all probability with severity


    19. They compared her to flakes of snow; as pure, as white, as brilliant, and as liable to melt in the fierce heats of summer, or congeal in the frosts of winter


    20. Because of the rainy weather, the frosts would come late this year but, even so, there were at most a couple of weeks left

    21. Godwyn said: “You can begin carting stones from the quarry tomorrow – but I suppose it’s too late to get much building done before the winter frosts


    22. Amid this scene Tess slaved in the morning frosts and in the afternoon rains


    23. The weather was already growing wintry and morning frosts congealed an earth saturated by autumn rains


    24. For some days the weather had been calm and clear with slight frosts in the mornings-


    25. The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts


    26. But above all harvest as early as possible, if you would escape frosts and have a fair and salable crop; you may save much loss by this means


    27. The skaters and water-bugs finally disappear in the latter part of October, when the severe frosts have come; and then and in November, usually, in a calm day, there is absolutely nothing to ripple the surface


    28. But, as I was looking over the surface, I saw here and there at a distance a faint glimmer, as if some skater insects which had escaped the frosts might be collected there, or, perchance, the surface, being so smooth, betrayed where a spring welled up from the bottom


    29. In these days of fatted cattle and waving grain-fields this humble root, which was once the totem of an Indian tribe, is quite forgotten, or known only by its flowering vine; but let wild Nature reign here once more, and the tender and luxurious English grains will probably disappear before a myriad of foes, and without the care of man the crow may carry back even the last seed of corn to the great cornfield of the Indian's God in the southwest, whence he is said to have brought it; but the now almost exterminated ground-nut will perhaps revive and flourish in spite of frosts and wildness, prove itself indigenous, and resume its ancient importance and dignity as the diet of the hunter tribe


    30. In Saint Stylites, the famous Christian hermit of old times, who built him a lofty stone pillar in the desert and spent the whole latter portion of his life on its summit, hoisting his food from the ground with a tackle; in him we have a remarkable instance of a dauntless stander-of-mast-heads; who was not to be driven from his place by fogs or frosts, rain, hail, or sleet; but valiantly facing everything out to the last, literally died at his post

    31. He had carried off their store of winter food, and placing it in a sledge, to draw which he had seized on a numerous drove of trained dogs, he had harnessed them, and the same night, to the joy of the horror-struck villagers, had pursued his journey across the sea in a direction that led to no land; and they conjectured that he must speedily be destroyed by the breaking of the ice or frozen by the eternal frosts


    32. At the same time he proposed carefully to nurse the Russian forces until the frosts came to their aid and the time was ripe for commencing offensive operations, and subjecting Napoleon to a second Pultava on the banks of the Volga


    33. He who life's frosts which early wrung


    34. He continued to wear this costume during the rest of the retreat, and when the severe frosts began, and it was impossible to sit in the saddle, he either drove in a carriage or went on foot


    35. Kutuzof was of opinion that Napoleon and his troops should be left as long as possible undisturbed in and around Moscow, in order that they might be tempted to stay until the frosts began, and in this he was right; but when once he allowed an attack on his recklessly incautious adversary, it was unpardonable not to send the help which was demanded when the battle was at its height


    36. The sun gilded the linden tops, already seared by the Autumn frosts


    37. For some days the weather had been calm and clear with slight frosts in the mornings—what is called an “old wives’ summer


    38. It blossoms in August and September, but the fruits remain on the plant till the severe frosts of December


    39. It prevails generally in October and November, before our warm weather is over, and produces frosts and a chilly dampness, and what I have observed nowhere else, especially on the east side of the Alleghanies, it produces a kind of faintness at the breast


    40. It has been universally remarked, that these seasons are much longer as we proceed westerly—commencing usually in October, and continuing a month and a half or two months, during which the vegetation is killed by the frosts, and dried by the sun; the wet prairies are also dried, and before the season has expired, the grass is perfectly combustible

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    Synonyms for "frost"

    frost robert frost robert lee frost freeze icing hoar hoarfrost rime ice coat turn to ice congeal

    "frost" definitions

    ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)


    weather cold enough to cause freezing


    the formation of frost or ice on a surface


    United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)


    decorate with frosting


    provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance


    cover with frost


    damage by frost