ice up

verb

become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window

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When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane

• Syn: ↑frost over, ↑ice over

• Hypernyms: ↑change

• Entailment: ↑freeze

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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It is ——ing

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ˌice ˈover ˌice ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they ice over he/she/it ices over present participle icing over past tense iced over past participle iced over] phrasal verb

to become covered with ice

Drivers faced a new danger as roads iced over when floodwater froze.

The pond was iced over for most of the winter.

Thesaurus: frost, icy weather and freezing_synonym

Main entry: ice

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(of an object) become coated with or blocked by ice

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ˌice ˈover/ˈup | ˌice sthˈover/ˈup derived

to cover sth with ice; to become covered with ice

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It was a memorable flight because the wings iced up.

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Parts of the river were iced over during the cold spell.

Main entry: ↑ice_derived