Meaning

3 senses

  1. To cover with ice or a glacier.

    cover with ice or snow or a glacier

  2. To erode with a glacier.

  3. To freeze.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin glaciātus, perfect passive participle of glaciō (“to freeze”), see -at

Borrowed from Latin glaciātus, perfect passive participle of glaciō (“to freeze”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

glaciates, glaciating, glaciated, glaciated
Base formglaciate · to glaciate
3rd person singularglaciates
Present participleglaciating
Past simpleglaciated
Past participleglaciated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyglaciate
he, she, itglaciates

Past simpleLesson

all personsglaciated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave glaciated
he, she, ithas glaciated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill glaciate

Word family

4 related words
Relatedglacierglaciation
Deriveddeglaciatereglaciate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gizmogizzardglacialglaciergladA1
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