ICE UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window

Example:

When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane

Synonyms:

frost over; ice over; ice up

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

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