frost over

frost over
phrasal verb frost over or frost up [intransitive/transitive]
Word forms "frost over":
present tense I/you/we/they frost over he/she/it frosts over present participle frosting over past tense frosted over past participle frosted over
to cover something completely with frost, or to become completely covered with frost

The windows were all frosted over.


English dictionary. 2014.

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