glaciate
glaciate verb: to cover with ice or a glacier.
Verb
glaciate (third-person singular simple present glaciates, present participle glaciating, simple past and past participle glaciated)
- To cover with ice or a glacier.
- To erode with a glacier.
- The nivated and glaciated areas shared the same snowfall and the same climatic conditions […]1900, Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior, United States: Department of the Interior, page 188
- At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217
- To freeze.
Forms of glaciate
| third-person singular present | glaciates |
|---|---|
| present participle | glaciating |
| past participle | glaciated |
| past | glaciated |
Origin of glaciate
Borrowed from Latin glaciātus, perfect passive participle of glaciō (“to freeze”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words formed from glaciate
Questions about glaciate
- What does glaciate mean?
- Glaciate means to cover with ice or a glacier.
- What part of speech is glaciate?
- Glaciate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of glaciate?
- The past tense of glaciate is glaciated.
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