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Ice Up (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 water in the birdbath iced up after several days of freezing temperatures.
  • By the morning, the windshield had iced up and I had to scrape it before driving to work.
  • If the surface of the lake iced up completely, they would hold the annual winter festival on it.
  • During the storm, the car's engine iced up and it took hours to get it running again.
  • The airplane got caught in the freezing air currents and the wings iced up, cutting power to the engines.

Synonyms

  • Ice Over
  • Frost Over
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