Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove frost from.

    I have just defrosted the fridge.

    entfrosten

    размора́живатьrazmoráživatʹ, разморо́зитьrazmorózitʹ

    make or become free of frost or ice

  2. (transitive)To thaw (something).

    Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?

    auftauen

    размора́живатьrazmoráživatʹ, разморо́зитьrazmorózitʹ

    розморо́жуватиrozmoróžuvaty, розморо́зитиrozmorózyty

  3. (informal, intransitive)To recover from something tiresome.

    See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. We need to defrost our refrigerator.

    Нам потрібно розморозити холодильник. — deniko

    ruНам нужно разморозить холодильник. — Inego

  2. I need to defrost my refrigerator.

    ruМне нужно разморозить холодильник. — Wezel

  3. Our refrigerator needs to be defrosted.

    ruНам нужно разморозить холодильник. — Inego

  4. When was the last time your defrosted your refrigerator?

  5. When was the last time that your defrosted your refrigerator?

    ruТы когда в последний раз размораживал холодильник? — Inego

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to thaw:
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove frost from:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to remove frost from:
to thaw:

Forms

defrosts, defrosting, defrosted, defrosted
Base formdefrost · to defrost
3rd person singulardefrosts
Present participledefrosting
Past simpledefrosted
Past participledefrosted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydefrost
he, she, itdefrosts

Past simpleLesson

all personsdefrosted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave defrosted
he, she, ithas defrosted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill defrost

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make or become free of frost or ice:deicede-ice

Word family

4 related words

See also

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