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.

Examples of ice over/up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 In about 46-and-a-half minutes on the ice over those four games, the Panthers produced 55.13 percent of shot attempts when Samoskevich was on the ice. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024 Lift the block of ice up to incorporate the two liquids, then serve. —

Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice over/up

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