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Fressing
- verb - eat a lot and without restraint
Frisking
- verb - play boisterously;
- search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"
- the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
Frosting
- verb - a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
- cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"
- damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
- decorate with frosting; "frost a cake"
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
Grasping
- verb - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
- hold firmly
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
- the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
Grassing
- verb - cover with grass
- cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their property"
- feed with grass
- give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- shoot down, of birds
- spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
Grossing
- verb - earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
Pressing
- verb - a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
- ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
- compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"
- create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
- crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
- force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
- lift weights; "This guy
Trashing
- verb - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
- express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"
Trussing
- verb - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
- support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
- tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
Trusting
- verb - allow without fear
- be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
- confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
- expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
- extend credit to; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore"
- have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
- inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall