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GLACIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glaciate mean? 

GLACIATE (verb)
  The verb GLACIATE has 2 senses:

1. cover with ice or snow or a glacierplay

2. become frozen and covered with glaciersplay

  Familiarity information: GLACIATE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLACIATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they glaciate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it glaciates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: glaciated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: glaciated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: glaciating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with ice or snow or a glacier

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the entire area was glaciated

Hypernyms (to "glaciate" is one way to...):

cover; spread over (form a cover over)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

glaciation (the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice)

glaciation (the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action)

glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Become frozen and covered with glaciers

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "glaciate" is one way to...):

freeze (change to ice)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

glaciation (the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice)

glaciation (the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action)

glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)


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