Reif — meaning in English
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English meaning
- frost noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
- fulsome adj Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
- glaze noun A thin, shiny coating applied to pottery, food, or another surface.
- hoop noun A circular band of metal, wood, plastic, or similar material.
- mature adj Fully grown or developed, whether physically, mentally, or emotionally.
- ripe adjective Fully grown and ready to eat, as fruit or grain.
Senses
Reif is used for these senses in English:
- frost A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
- fulsome Fully developed; mature.
- glaze (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- hoop A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- mature Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
- ripe (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
- ripe (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.
frost — full definition
- noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
- noun Freezing weather cold enough to produce this layer of ice.
- verb To cover a cake or other baked good with icing.
- verb To become covered with a thin layer of ice.
fulsome — full definition
- adj Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
- adj Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
- adj Characterised or marked by fullness; abundant, copious.
- adj Fully developed; mature.