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ICE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ice up mean?
• ICE UP (verb)
The verb ICE UP has 1 sense:
1. become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window
Familiarity information: ICE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
frost over; ice over; ice up
Context example:
When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane
Hypernyms (to "ice up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
"Ice up" entails doing...:
freeze (be very cold, below the freezing point)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
It is ----ing
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