ice run

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noun

the rapid breaking up or fragmentation of river ice in spring or early summer.

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Origin of ice run

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby ice run

ice point, icequake, ice rain, ice rampart, ice road, ice run, icescape, ice-scoured, ice screw, ice sheet, ice shelf

How to use ice run in a sentence

He turned aside and found himself at the bend of a long ice run leading down to the lake.
The Dark Tower|Phyllis Bottome
Whose fault would it be if he killed himself on the ice-run after all?
The Crime Doctor|Ernest William Hornung
I want you to get into some clothes and come up to the ice-run as quick as possible!
The Crime Doctor|Ernest William Hornung
Mr. Polly swerved a little from the conversational ice-run upon which he had embarked.
The History of Mr. Polly|H. G. Wells

Washington tried with his setting-pole to stop the raft and let the ice run by.
Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15)|Charles Morris