Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nipped or bitten by frost; blighted by extreme cold.
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Examples
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When the plants were good-size seedlings, the temperature dipped unexpectedly low one night, and in the morning we found all them drooping, tender leaves and stems turned the darker green of frost-nipped death.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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The mossy beard stuck to the frost-nipped girl-cheek already quite cool to start with.
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The mossy beard stuck to the frost-nipped girl-cheek already quite cool to start with.
A Different Stripe: 2008
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And they feel strange, as though theyre frost-nipped, like when I threw snowballs as a child.
Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008
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Beads of sweat trickled down from his forehead, stinging at the corners of eyes the bright blue of a winter's frost-nipped sky.
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At the summit, I found that my storebought water bottles had frozen through completely, and my chocolate bars were frost-nipped inside their packages.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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At the summit, I found that my storebought water bottles had frozen through completely, and my chocolate bars were frost-nipped inside their packages.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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At the summit, I found that my storebought water bottles had frozen through completely, and my chocolate bars were frost-nipped inside their packages.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Aron Ralston 2004
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In another she was walking in the desolate frost-nipped gardens, and the two boys were running towards her across the grass.
Red Pottage 2004
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At the summit, I found that my storebought water bottles had frozen through completely, and my chocolate bars were frost-nipped inside their packages.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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