Definitions

1. verb

to make or become glaciers; to change into ice, especially in a slow and gradual process.

“The rising temperatures threatened to glacialize the small mountain village’s fragile ecosystem.”

2. verb (transitive)

to cover or encase with ice, especially in a glacial manner.

“The lake began to glacialize, its surface frozen over in a matter of hours.”

3. verb (intransitive)

to become or be converted into a glacier.

“The slow-moving river began to glacialize as it flowed downhill.”