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  • verb Present participle of defrost.

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Examples

  • It was a fun time, especially since I am 'defrosting' and have started to get used to the heat a little more.

    Jounen Kweyol 2007

  • I really wanted to order it from Exotic Meats, but they don’t have storage facilities and the idea of defrosting a fifty pound pig in my bathtub sounded, uh, less than appealing.

    2nd Annual Pig Roast Preparations « I HEART BACON 2005

  • I really wanted to order it from Exotic Meats, but they don’t have storage facilities and the idea of defrosting a fifty pound pig in my bathtub sounded, uh, less than appealing.

    July « 2005 « I HEART BACON 2005

  • The Pepsi_Poodle is in the garage right now 'defrosting' from being out in the snow and is not very happy about it.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • Food is the punctuation of life, a commercial break between those bothersome segments of work or play that require the use of our hands, thus prohibiting their availability for unwrapping, unpeeling, or defrosting.

    Autumn Means Soup Sarah Lenz 2009

  • Food is the punctuation of life, a commercial break between those bothersome segments of work or play that require the use of our hands, thus prohibiting their availability for unwrapping, unpeeling, or defrosting.

    Score: Cheesemaking 1, Sarah 0 Sarah Lenz 2009

  • Meanwhile one boxer's mother – pungently scripted – pretends to be defrosting the fridge so that she can hide her own melting into tears.

    Hamlet; Passion; Beautiful Burnout; Wanderlust Susannah Clapp 2010

  • Food is the punctuation of life, a commercial break between those bothersome segments of work or play that require the use of our hands, thus prohibiting their availability for unwrapping, unpeeling, or defrosting.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Sarah Lenz 2009

  • (No defrosting - no tapioca, fruit is still nicely firm and hasn't boiled over.)

    Peaches! The Nag 2009

  • So, start defrosting early by carrying a burst of candied orange, hydrangea blue, deep green or acid yellow in rich, scaly texture.

    Color Me Happy 2011

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