'Glaciate' definitions:
Definition of 'glaciate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cover with ice or snow or a glacier; "the entire area was glaciated"
verb
Become frozen and covered with glaciers
Definition of 'Glaciate'
From: GCIDE
- Glaciate \Gla"ci*ate\, v. i. [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.] To turn to ice. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Glaciate'
From: GCIDE
- Glaciate \Gla"ci*ate\, v. t.
- 1. To convert into, or cover with, ice. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice. [1913 Webster]