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- [gley-shee-eyt, -see-]
- /ˈgleɪ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-/
- /ˈɡleɪ.ʃi.ˌet/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gley-shee-eyt, -see-]
- /ˈgleɪ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-/
Definitions of glaciate word
- verb with object glaciate to cover with ice or glaciers. 1
- verb with object glaciate to affect by glacial action. 1
- verb without object glaciate to become frozen or covered with ice or glaciers. 1
- noun glaciate To cover with ice or a glacier. 1
- verb glaciate to cover or become covered with glaciers or masses of ice 0
- verb glaciate to subject to the effects of glaciers, such as denudation and erosion 0
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Origin of glaciate
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Latin glaciātus (past participle of glaciāre to freeze), equivalent to glaci(ēs) ice + -ātus -ate1
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Parts of speech for Glaciate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
glaciate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
glaciate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for glaciate
verb glaciate
- refrigerate — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- stiffen — to make stiff.
- pierce — to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- benumb — to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold
Antonyms for glaciate
verb glaciate
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- liquefy — Make or become liquid.
- melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- boil — When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
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