freeze on to
C1 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words
When something gets stuck to something else because it is so cold that ice forms and bonds them together.
Literal meaning: To freeze and thereby become attached to something (fully transparent).
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To become physically bonded to a surface as moisture freezes and creates ice.
"In the extreme cold, the climber's wet gloves froze on to the metal railing."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Variant spelling of 'freeze onto'. Used in literal physical contexts involving cold temperatures. Not widely used idiomatically.
Commonly used with
metal ice surface pipe road hands
Forms
Base
freeze on to
I/you/we/they
3rd person
freezes on to
he/she/it
Past simple
freezed on to
yesterday
Past participle
freezed on to
have + pp
-ing form
freezing on to
continuous
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