ice over/up
phrasal verb
iced over/up; icing over/up; ices over/up
: to become covered with ice
The freezing rain caused the roads to ice over.
As the weather grew colder, the pond iced over.
The wings of the plane iced up during the storm.
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One explanation offered at the time was that the gradual flow of ice over uneven bedrock had caused the folding of internal layers, confusing the climate record.
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John Paden, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Aug. 2011
With a 50-degree high just a week or so earlier, the usually abundant ice up Provo Canyon was far from in.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2025
Grace bent to shovel another square step in the endless ice up Karstens Ridge.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Dangerous amounts of ice up to 0.30 inches accumulated in parts of Pennsylvania, western Maryland and West Virginia.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
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John Paden, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Aug. 2011
With a 50-degree high just a week or so earlier, the usually abundant ice up Provo Canyon was far from in.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2025
Grace bent to shovel another square step in the endless ice up Karstens Ridge.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Dangerous amounts of ice up to 0.30 inches accumulated in parts of Pennsylvania, western Maryland and West Virginia.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ice over/up
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“Ice over/up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20over%2Fup. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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