freeze over

freeze over
freeze over
[for a body of water] to get cold and form a layer of ice on top. •

The pond froze over, so we went skating.

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{v.} To become covered with ice. * /The children wanted the lake to freeze over so they could ice-skate./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • freeze over — {v.} To become covered with ice. * /The children wanted the lake to freeze over so they could ice skate./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • freeze over — verb Etymology: freeze (I) + over intransitive verb : to become covered with a layer of ice the pond froze over as early as October transitive verb : to cause to become covered with a layer of ice …   Useful english dictionary

  • freeze over — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms freeze over : present tense I/you/we/they freeze over he/she/it freezes over present participle freezing over past tense froze over past participle frozen over to become covered with a layer of ice …   English dictionary

  • freeze-over — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: freeze over : an instance of freezing over going skating at the first freeze over on the pond …   Useful english dictionary

  • freeze\ over — v To become covered with ice. The children wanted the lake to freeze over so they could ice skate …   Словарь американских идиом

  • freeze over — PHRASAL VERB If something freezes over, it becomes covered with a layer of ice or other frozen substance. [V P] The air temperature was well below freezing, and lakes and rivers froze over... [V ed P] The lakes are still frozen over …   English dictionary

  • freeze over — turn into ice, become covered with ice …   English contemporary dictionary

  • freeze — freeze1 [fri:z] v past tense froze [frəuz US frouz] past participle frozen [ˈfrəuzən US ˈfrou ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid)¦ 2¦(food)¦ 3¦(machine/engine)¦ 4¦(weather)¦ 5¦(feel cold)¦ 6¦(wages/prices)¦ 7¦(money/property)¦ 8¦(stop moving)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • freeze — 1 verb past tense froze past participle frozen 1 LIQUID (I, T) if a liquid freezes, or something freezes it, it becomes hard and solid because the temperature is very cold: The water at the edge of the lake froze last night. | freeze sth: The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • freeze — freezable, adj. freezability, n. /freez/, v., froze, frozen, freezing, n. v.i. 1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. 2. to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat …   Universalium

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