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freeze over

freeze over verb: to freeze on the surface.

Verb

freeze over (third-person singular simple present freezes over, present participle freezing over, simple past froze over, past participle frozen over)

  1. (intransitive) To freeze on the surface.
    • The lake in the park freezes over every winter.

Forms of freeze over

third-person singular presentfreezes over
present participlefreezing over
pastfroze over
past participlefrozen over

Questions about freeze over

What does freeze over mean?
Freeze over means to freeze on the surface.
What part of speech is freeze over?
Freeze over is a verb.
What is the past tense of freeze over?
The past tense of freeze over is froze over.

Words near freeze over in the dictionary

  1. freeze frames
  2. freeze framing
  3. freeze on to
  4. freeze onto
  5. freeze out
  6. freeze over
  7. freeze peach
  8. freeze pop
  9. freeze pops
  10. freeze tag
  11. freeze to

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