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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The glacier, which has steadily been losing large chunks of ice over the past three decades, regularly fractures and calves off icebergs, some of which have been large enough to be named.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
They’re fully insulated to keep your tootsies toasty when temps drop in the fall, and their outsole is designed to give enough grip to keep you on your feet when the streets ice over.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 26 Oct. 2024
The failure was due to liquid oxygen leak that caused its second stage engine to ice over in between its initial burn and a planned second burn to raise its orbit before deploying its payload.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
However, while there's no magical number at which your pipes could ice up, it's generally accepted that a freeze risk is possible when the temperature drops to somewhere in the region of 20F. Though, of course, the location of the pipes and the amount of insulation around them will be a factor.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
They’re fully insulated to keep your tootsies toasty when temps drop in the fall, and their outsole is designed to give enough grip to keep you on your feet when the streets ice over.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 26 Oct. 2024
The failure was due to liquid oxygen leak that caused its second stage engine to ice over in between its initial burn and a planned second burn to raise its orbit before deploying its payload.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
However, while there's no magical number at which your pipes could ice up, it's generally accepted that a freeze risk is possible when the temperature drops to somewhere in the region of 20F. Though, of course, the location of the pipes and the amount of insulation around them will be a factor.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Ice over/up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20over%2Fup. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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