"defrost" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diːˈfɹɒst/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defrost.wav Forms: defrosts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒst Etymology: de- + frost Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|frost}} de- + frost Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} defrost (countable and uncountable, plural defrosts)
  1. The removal of frost. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-defrost-en-noun-v8x8e5n7 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 28 30 21 21

Verb

IPA: /diːˈfɹɒst/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defrost.wav Forms: defrosts [present, singular, third-person], defrosting [participle, present], defrosted [participle, past], defrosted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒst Etymology: de- + frost Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|frost}} de- + frost Head templates: {{en-verb}} defrost (third-person singular simple present defrosts, present participle defrosting, simple past and past participle defrosted)
  1. (transitive) To remove frost from. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove frost from): descongelar (Catalan), 除霜 (chúshuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 解凍 (Chinese Mandarin), 解冻 (jiědòng) (Chinese Mandarin), odmrazit (Czech), afrime (Danish), poistaa huurre (Finnish), poistaa jää (Finnish), sulattaa (Finnish), décongeler (French), dégivrer (French), déglacer (French), entfrosten (German), olvaszt (Hungarian), kiolvaszt (Hungarian), felolvaszt (Hungarian), 解凍する (kaitō suru) (alt: かいとうする) (Japanese), nyahfros (Malay), odmrozić (Polish), rozmrozić (Polish), descongelar (Portuguese), размора́живать (razmoráživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разморо́зить (razmorózitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), descongelar (Spanish), deshelar (Spanish), avfrosta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-defrost-en-verb-QCnFChBl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 41 13 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 28 30 21 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 52 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 16 57 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 51 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 53 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 53 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 53 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 49 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 45 19 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 53 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 51 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 53 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 51 16 14 Disambiguation of 'to remove frost from': 91 1 8
  2. (transitive) To thaw something. Tags: transitive Translations (to thaw): descongelar (Catalan), desglaçar (Catalan), desgelar (Catalan), rozmrazit (Czech), sulattaa (Finnish), décongeler (French), auftauen (German), olvad (Hungarian), felolvad (Hungarian), kiolvad (Hungarian), felenged (Hungarian), sulattaa (Ingrian), scongelare (Italian), whakarewa (Maori), odmrozić (Polish), rozmrozić (Polish), odmrozić [perfective] (Polish), odmrażać [imperfective] (Polish), degelar (Portuguese), dezgheța (Romanian), размора́живать (razmoráživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разморо́зить (razmorózitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), descongelar (Spanish), tina (Swedish), розморо́жувати (rozmoróžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розморо́зити (rozmorózyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-defrost-en-verb-WifQj4W- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 28 30 21 21 Disambiguation of 'to thaw': 7 89 4
  3. (informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome. Tags: informal, intransitive Translations (to recover from something tiresome): palautua (Finnish), felenged (Hungarian), kienged (Hungarian), recuperarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-defrost-en-verb-MLpWbMpk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 28 30 21 21 Disambiguation of 'to recover from something tiresome': 9 1 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autodefrost

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for defrost meaning in English (12.5kB)

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          "sense": "to thaw",
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          "word": "felolvad"
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          "sense": "to thaw",
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          "sense": "to thaw",
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          "sense": "to thaw",
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          "sense": "to thaw",
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          "word": "размора́живать"
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          "sense": "to thaw",
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          "roman": "rozmoróžuvaty",
          "sense": "to thaw",
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          "sense": "to recover from something tiresome",
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