What is "defrost"

Usage examples of "defrost".

It was a bright, defrosted, pussy-willow day at the onset of spring, and the newlyweds were driving cross-country in a large roast turkey.

It was as though her blood had defrosted instantly, but as it began to flow through her veins freely again, it caused a painful burning sensation.

Van Liesvelt had defrosted several entrees, his usual prodigal generosity, and she had some of each as well, as though the food and the alcohol would help ground her.

The pleasures of defrosted curry and an evening of bumping into dungaree-clad feminists on their way to the bathroom have to be weighed against the lure of fast food.

After some experimentation with programming, I started the chicken stock defrosting, then minced a mountain of shallots, carrots, and celery.

There was always plenty of salad in the fridge and I defrosted some ciabatta I'd found lurking in the freezer.

Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch field, bundled up in a long moleskin overcoat, rabbit fur gloves, and enormous beaverskin boots.

Vlad and Ursula were scoffing at Sax’s model—temperature gradients between biotically defrosted soil and the remaining frosted areas would be greater than ever, and the winds between the two regions correspondingly fiercer, so that when they finally hit loose fines, off they would go.

And by no means as short as it would be when the ship arrived at its destination and all the corpsicles were defrosted to get ready for landing.

It took him a while after defrosting to get over the feeling, too, because Captain Bu wasn’t happy about the jawbone course corrections he had to make when he was thawed out himself.

Members of the ship's crew were going about their business, storing last supplies, cleaning the deck, pouring water to form fresh icepaths, and defrosting frozen pika-pina rope with a lamp.

As I was defrosting chicken for dinner, I kept thinking of the people on my lawn, and the more I thought about them, the angrier I got.

Faye, defrosting the refrigerator, would hurl potfuls of hot water into the freezer compartment.

The hibernacula were becoming ever more popular despite medical advice that the freezing process probably wouldn't work successfully--and nobody could guarantee an uninterrupted power supply through the sunstorm anyhow, so that the big day might result in an unfortunate defrosting.

Once the refrigerator was set to defrost, so the molded salad didn't gel.