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

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The cold side of the winter storms dropped snow and ice over a vast stretch of the central and eastern US. —

Stephanie Elam, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025 The crew used machines to ice up the trees and place snow on the ground for the actors walk on, with around 70% of the snow in the final cut having to be CGI. —

Matt Minton, Variety, 9 Feb. 2025 The agency added that the Samuel Risley has the capability of breaking ice up to 3.3 feet thick at 3 knots. —

David Chiu, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025 Historic drilling project finds ice over 1.2 million years old Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. —

Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ice over/up