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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Airports in major hubs like Chicago, Detroit and Boston are preparing for delays and cancellations due to snow and ice over the weekend.
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Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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“Ice over/up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20over%2Fup. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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