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/aɪs/
Pronunciation notes
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[ʌɪs]
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aɪs
Noun
Water in frozen (solid) form.
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He said, “Where we’re at right now was back in 2008 all covered with ice. From here to there at the side, the glacier shrank about 20 to 30 meters.”
If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe.
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1882, Popular Science Monthly (volume 20), "The Freezing of a Salt Lake" It has always been difficult to explain how ice is formed on the surface of oceans while the temperature of maximum density is lower than that of cogelation, and the observations on this lake were instituted in the hope that they might throw light upon the subject.
Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
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Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.
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Above the core is the lower-density liquid mantle composed of ice materials under high pressure and temperature. This massive liquid layer would not be separated into layers of traditional ice compounds, but mixtures of radically different compounds originally consisting of water, carbon dioxide, methane, and ammonia […] Since the mass of the planet is dominated by the liquid mantle that itself consists of heated ices under pressure, both Uranus and Neptune are classified as giant ice planets.
Uranus and Neptune are […] usually classified separately as ice giants because they contain a much higher proportion of ice-forming substances such as water, ammonia, and methane. […] In the case of Uranus, the ice mantle must make up between 9.3 and 13.4 Earth masses worth of the total mass of the planet, which is 14.5 Earth masses. Similar proportions apply to Neptune. The commonly used term "ice mantle" is someone misleading, since the substance is actually a hot, slushy mixture that would be more aptly described as a water–ammonia ocean.
Neptune has one major moon: Triton, which is comparable in size to the Jovian moon Europa and at an average density of 2.061 g/cm³ widely understood to be covered by several hundred km of frozen or liquid ice.
Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
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a heart of ice
Her eyes flash with anger, her voice ice. "You afraid of the law? You haven't changed. I want you out of my house now."
Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
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The dialogues—or "raps"—usually take place on a monthly or bi-monthly basis and aim at fostering contacts hand at breaking through stereotypical notions held by both sides. "There's no question that there's ice to begin with," said Lance Bradley, who conducts the raps for Chelsea's Tenth Precinct.
break the ice
The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
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2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002, The neighbouring countries have enjoyed many great battles on the ice. They last met for gold at the 1998 world championship, won by Sweden. Three years earlier, Finland bested Sweden for the only world title in its history.
Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
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Well weddings, they were just the usual ... my big brother was married in the Masonic and the Co-operative done the party. Steak pie and tatties, and all that sort of stuff. The wee square Albert cake with ice on it, fruit cake. Then the wee dance after that. There was no drinking at oor wedding!
Ice cream.
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They exude a naive zest: coatings of detail, poured like thick chocolate sauce over a mingy scoop of vanilla ice, distract attention, criticism, distrust.
The peach melba, probably the most famous sundae of all, is a sound marriage of poached peaches, vanilla ice and raspberry sauce.
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[I]n my book, all ice-cream is good ice-cream, but there’s something particularly joyful about a pink quiff of strawberry ice: British summer in a sticky, dripping cone. Happily, it’s a lot easier to make than it is to track down in shops.
A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
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An ice cream.
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An individual piece of ice.
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Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
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An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
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Money paid as a bribe.
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Theater operators, theater party agents, playwrights, and others who have ready access to tickets may get in on the “ice” and sometimes the producer is in on it too.
This “ice” is bribe money paid to public officials to purchase protection for illegal activities. […] Just consider the “ice” money available to the men involved in the examples just cited.
The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs, including methamphetamine.
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Near-synonym: crystal meth
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There were times when she could tell the Washingtons were overwhelmed by Jahlil's difficult ways, and one time Jessie even had the nerve to ask Carmiesha if she had smoked anything like crack or ice while she was pregnant with him.
One or more diamonds.
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But you can't give cred to anything dude says / Same dude to give you ice and you owe him some head
Ice on the wrist with the ice in the chains.
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[She had] eaten a dinner at better than a hundred dollars a bite and she had enough ice on her ring finger to sink the Titanic. Maybe she really didn't have any morals. But she had a chance. And she was taking it.
As she raised her left hand to get the crust out of her eye, she was blinded by the ice on her ring finger. Two bands filled with diamonds sat under and on top of her five-carat princess-cut engagement ring. Instantly, memories of her wedding day flooded her mind.
Verb
To become ice; to freeze.
Usage- Intransitive
To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.
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To treat runner's knee, you need to rest from running or any other high-impact activity, ice the knee, and strengthen the quadriceps through weight training.
To make icy; to freeze.
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The bridge ices before the road.
To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
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To put out a team for a match.
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Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season
To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
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If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
To murder.
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Not long afterwards Wolf rings him up. 'I want you to ice someone for £15,000, he says. "No one you know."
To defeat decisively.
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Despite his vulnerabilities, Clinton managed to ice Dole in his 1996 reelection campaign for President.
Noun
water frozen in the solid state
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Americans like ice in their drinks
the frozen part of a body of water
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diamonds
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look at the ice on that dame!
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
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a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
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an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
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a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
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the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice
Verb
decorate with frosting
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frost a cake
cause to become ice or icy
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an iced summer drink
put ice on or put on ice
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Ice your sprained limbs