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.
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In northern Indiana, the winter weather advisory extends from 1 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday and Hoosiers can expect snow mixed with freezing rain and sleet with snow accumulations between 2-4 inches and ice up to one-tenth of an inch.
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Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Heavy mixed precipitation is expected as well as ice up to a tenth of an inch.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2025
In turn, carbon dioxide ice in the bottom layer turns into gas, which builds up and eventually breaks through overlying ice up to 3.3 feet (1 meter) thick, according to a statement from ESA.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The finishing touch was the ICEPICK, a drilling and sampling tool the robot uses to excavate samples from the ice up to 20 centimeters deep.
—ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
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Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Heavy mixed precipitation is expected as well as ice up to a tenth of an inch.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2025
In turn, carbon dioxide ice in the bottom layer turns into gas, which builds up and eventually breaks through overlying ice up to 3.3 feet (1 meter) thick, according to a statement from ESA.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The finishing touch was the ICEPICK, a drilling and sampling tool the robot uses to excavate samples from the ice up to 20 centimeters deep.
—ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
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“Ice over/up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20over%2Fup. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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