| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| froze | imp. | of Freeze, imp. of Freeze. |
| frock | noun | A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman’s frock., A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord., To clothe in a frock., To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock. |
| frond | noun | The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree. |
| frons | noun | The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex. |
| front | noun | The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face., The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front., The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; — the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army., A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house., The most conspicuous part., That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women., The beginning., Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view., To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner., To appear before; to meet., To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street., To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church., To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel., To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east. |
| frore | adverb | Frostily. |
| frorn | p. adjective | Frozen. |
| frory | adjective | Frozen; stiff with cold., Covered with a froth like hoarfrost. |
| frost | verb i. | The act of freezing; — applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids., The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather., Frozen dew; — called also hoarfrost or white frost., Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character., To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants., To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass., To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather. |
| frote | verb t. | To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. |
| froth | noun | The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement., Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought., Light, unsubstantial matter., To cause to foam., To spit, vent, or eject, as froth., To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain., To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths. |
| frown | verb i. | To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look., To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness., To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence., A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl., Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune. |
| frowy | adjective | Musty. rancid; as, frowy butter. |