ice run

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ice run

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

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ice run

The world is competing to make the longest ice run ever.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023

There are still "busters," as in our young days, and the ardent youth upon floating cakes of ice "run bendolas" or "kittly-benders," or simply "benders."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 by Various

He turned aside and found himself at the bend of a long ice run leading down to the lake.

From The Dark Tower by J. H. Gardner Soper

Streamlets of melted ice run over the surface of the glacier, sometimes flowing quietly and gently as oil in the greenish-blue ice channels, sometimes murmuring in lively leaps.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin

I felt ice run down my back at my own boldness, and I clenched my hands to steady myself a bit.

From Hunger by Knut Hamsun

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