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glaciating

glaciating is the present participle and gerund of glaciate.

Meaning of glaciate

Verb

glaciate (third-person singular simple present glaciates, present participle glaciating, simple past and past participle glaciated)

  1. To cover with ice or a glacier.
  2. 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
  3. To freeze.

Questions about glaciating

What is glaciating the present participle and gerund of?
Glaciating is the present participle and gerund of glaciate.

Words near glaciating in the dictionary

  1. glaciaria
  2. glaciarium
  3. glaciate
  4. glaciated
  5. glaciates
  6. glaciating
  7. glaciation
  8. glaciations
  9. glacier
  10. glacier bird
  11. glacier birds

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