ice up

/aɪs əp/
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Other forms: iced up; icing up; ices up

Definitions of ice up
  1. verb
    become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window
    “When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane”
    synonyms: frost over, ice over
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    type of:
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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