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freezing over

freezing over is the present participle and gerund of freeze over.

Meaning of freeze over

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.

Questions about freezing over

What is freezing over the present participle and gerund of?
Freezing over is the present participle and gerund of freeze over.

Words near freezing over in the dictionary

  1. freezing mixture
  2. freezing mixtures
  3. freezing on to
  4. freezing onto
  5. freezing out
  6. freezing over
  7. freezing point
  8. freezing points
  9. freezing rain
  10. freezing to
  11. freezing up

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