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glaciate

gla·ci·ate
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gley-shee-eyt, -see-]
    • /ˈgleɪ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-/
    • /ˈɡleɪ.ʃi.ˌet/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

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Synonyms 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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