Glaciate
Glaciate , intransitive verb
[Latin glaciatus, past participle of glaciare to freeze, from glacies ice.]
To turn to ice.
Glaciate , transitive verb
1.
To convert into, or cover with, ice.
2.
(Geology) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.
Collocations (1)
Glaciated rocks , rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.