ice
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
drugs
hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
skating
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der.
Proto-Germanic *īsą
Proto-West Germanic *īs
Old English īs
Middle English is
English ice
From Middle English hyse, hyys, ice, ijs, is, yce, ys, yys, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian Iis, is (“ice”), Saterland Frisian Ies (“ice”), West Frisian iis (“ice”), Alemannic German Iis, isch, éisch (“ice”), Bavarian, Cimbrian, and Mòcheno ais (“ice”), Dutch ijs (“ice”), German Eis (“ice”), German Low German Ies (“ice”), Luxembourgish Äis (“ice”), Vilamovian ajs (“ice”), Yiddish אײַז (ayz, “ice”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish is (“ice”), Elfdalian ais (“ice”), Faroese ísur (“ice”), Icelandic ís (“ice”); also Cornish yey (“ice”), yeyn (“cold”), Irish oighear (“ice”), Scottish Gaelic deigh, eigh, eighre (“ice”), Welsh iâ (“ice”), Lithuanian ýnis (“hoar frost”), Bulgarian and Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoar frost”), Czech jíní (“frost”), Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian и́ње (“hoar frost”), Ukrainian і́ній (ínij, “hoar frost, rime”), Ossetian их (ix, “ice”), Armenian եղյամ (eġyam, “frost, hoar frost, rime”), Persian یخ (yax, “ice”), Hittite 𒂊𒃷 (“ice”). Superseded non-native Middle English glace (“ice”), borrowed from Old French glace (“ice”).
Inflected forms:
form: ices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: yce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ices
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: icing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: iced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: iced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: yce
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Water in frozen (solid) form.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
examples: 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."
gloss: Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
examples: 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
gloss: The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
pos: noun
tags: dialectal
uncountable
usually
examples: 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!
gloss: A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
gloss: An ice cream.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
dated
uncountable
usually
gloss: An individual piece of ice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
usually
gloss: Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
gloss: An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
gloss: Money paid as a bribe.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs, including methamphetamine.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: Near-synonym: crystal meth
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.
gloss: One or more diamonds.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
[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.
gloss: To become ice; to freeze.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To make icy; to freeze.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The bridge ices before the road.
gloss: To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To put out a team for a match.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season
gloss: To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
gloss: To murder.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Not long afterwards Wolf rings him up. 'I want you to ice someone for £15,000, he says. "No one you know."
gloss: To defeat decisively.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Despite his vulnerabilities, Clinton managed to ice Dole in his 1996 reelection campaign for President.
Derived words: anticer
anti-ice
anti-icer
artificial ice
break the ice
brinicle
cat ice
choc-ice
clear ice
cobblestone ice
cold as ice
cut ice
de-ice
deice
deicer
downhill ice cross
fast ice
field ice
fire ice
frazil ice
fruit ice
gletcher ice
ground ice
hair ice
have no fear of ice cold beer
home ice
hot ice
hummocky ice
ice age
ice-albedo feedback
ice alga
ice anchor
ice and water shield
iceane
ice apple
ice ax
ice axe
ice bag
ice ball
iceball
ice barrier
ice bath
ice bear
ice beer
icebelt
iceberg
icebird
iceblink
iceblock
ice blonde
ice blue
iceboard
iceboat
ice boat
iceboating
icebound
icebow
icebox
ice box
icebreaker
ice breaker
icebreaking
ice bridge
ice bucket
ice bucket challenge
ice burn
ice-calm
ice candle
ice candy
ice cap
icecap
ice carousel
ice castle
ice cave
ice chest
ice cider
ice circle
Ice City
ice climbing
ice coffee
ice-cold
icecold
ice cold
ice cool
ice core
ice-covered
icecraft
ice crawler
ice cream
icecrete
icecross
ice cross
ice cross downhill
ice crystal
ice cube
ice cube tray
ice cupboard
ice dam
ice-dammed
ice dam membrane
ice dance
ice dancing
ice delivery door
ice disc
ice disk
ice diving
ice door
ice dragon boat
ice dragon boating
icedrake
ice drop
icedrop
ice dune
ice dwarf
icefall
ice feather
ice fern
ice field
ice fish
icefish
ice fishing
ice-float
ice floe
icefloe
ice fog
ice foot
icefoot
ice fountain
ice fractal
ice-free
ice giant
ice giant planet
ice girl
ice-hearted
ice hockey
ice hole
ice house
icehouse
ice husband
ice ice water
ice IV
ice-jack
ice jam
ice kachang
icekhana
Iceland
iceless
icelight
icelike
ice lol
ice lolly
ice luge
ice machine
ice maiden
icemaker
icemaking
iceman
ice-marginal
icemelt
ice milk
ice minus
ice-minus
ice monkey
ice moon
ice needle
ice nucleus
ice-out
ice out
ice pack
ice-pail
ice palace
ice pancake
ice pellet
ice perry
ice pick
ice pillar
ice plant
ice plough
ice plow
ice point
ice pole
ice pop
iceproof
icequake
ice queen
icer
ice racing
ice resurfacer
ice resurfacing machine
ice-rich
ice rink
ice road
ice run
ice-safe
ice saints
ice-saw
icescape
ice scooter
ice scour
ice scramble
ice scraper
ice sheet
ice shelf
ice shove
ice show
ice skate
ice skating
ice sky
ice sled
ice sledge
ice spar
icestone
icestorm
ice storm
ice stupa
ice swimmer
ice swimming
ice tea
iceteroid
icesteroid
ice time
icetime
ice tongue
icetray
ice tray
ice tsunami
ice-volcanic
ice volcano
ice wagon
iceward
icewards
ice water
iceway
iceways
ice wedge
ice well
ice whale
ice wife
ice wine
icewoman
ice wool
icework
iceworks
ice worm
ice XVIII
ice yacht
ice yachting
icicle
icy
keep one's stick on the ice
keep someone on ice
lolly ice
Minnesota ice
mop up the ice
needle ice
nonice
off-ice
on ice
on thin ice
put someone on ice
sailing-ice
sea-ice
sea ice
sell ice to Eskimos
shatter the ice
shaved ice
shave ice
shelf ice
shell ice
skate on thin ice
slush ice
snice
snowdrift ice
stink on ice
stream ice
synthetic ice
time on ice
trash ice
water ice
water-ice
whelping ice
young ice
ice down
ice over
ice up
re-ice
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: замразявам
roman: zamrazjavam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 冰冻
roman: bīngdòng
lang: Dutch
word: bevriezen
lang: Finnish
word: jäätyä
lang: Finnish
word: jäädyttää
lang: Finnish
word: pakastaa
lang: French
word: congeler
lang: French
word: geler
lang: French
word: glacer
lang: Galician
word: conxelar
lang: German
word: einfrieren
lang: German
word: frieren
lang: Indonesian
word: membeku
lang: Indonesian
word: menjadi es
lang: Italian
word: gelare
lang: Italian
word: ghiacciare
lang: Italian
word: congelare
lang: Japanese
word: 凍る
roman: kōru
lang: Korean
word: 얼다
roman: eolda
lang: Latin
word: gelo
lang: Latin
word: glacio
lang: Luxembourgish
word: fréieren
lang: Luxembourgish
word: afréieren
lang: Macedonian
word: мрзне
roman: mrzne
lang: Macedonian
word: се замрзнува
roman: se zamrznuva
lang: Marshallese
word: kwōj
lang: Marshallese
word: aij
lang: Norwegian
word: fryse
lang: Portuguese
word: congelar
lang: Portuguese
word: gelar
lang: Romanian
word: îngheța
lang: Romanian
word: congela
lang: Russian
word: замора́живать
roman: zamoráživatʹ
lang: Russian
word: замора́живаться
roman: zamoráživatʹsja
lang: Slovak
word: zmraziť
lang: Spanish
word: congelar
lang: Turkish
word: dondurmak