- freeze\ over
- vTo become covered with ice.
The children wanted the lake to freeze over so they could ice-skate.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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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 — {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 — 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
