glaciate en · VERB
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin glaciātus, perfect passive participle of glaciō (“to freeze”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
- To cover with ice or a glacier.
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To erode with a glacier.
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: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:
- To freeze.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glaciated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| glaciated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| glaciating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| glaciates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
deglaciate · glaciation · reglaciate · glaciated
Relateds
Translations (1)
bg заледявам (To cover with ice)