glaciate
(verb) become frozen and covered with glaciers
glaciate
(verb) cover with ice or snow or a glacier; “the entire area was glaciated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
To freeze
• caligate
Source: Wiktionary
Gla"ci*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.]
Definition: To turn to ice.
Gla"ci*ate, v. t.
1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 January 2025
(noun) a slight amount or degree of difference; “a tad too expensive”; “not a tad of difference”; “the new model is a shade better than the old one”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
