Ice Over (Verb)
Meaning
Become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window; "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane".
Classification
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
Examples
- The bridge iced over during the winter storm, making it impassable to traffic.
- When the car sped through the heavy sleet, the windshield iced over, obstructing the driver's view.
- The pond iced over in the freezing temperatures, allowing children to skate safely on its surface.
- The bike's gears iced over after being left outside on the snowy night, requiring the rider to perform an emergency cleaning.
- The driver had to stop and scrape the frost off his windshield as it had iced over during the long drive through the cold weather.