ice
/aɪs/ verb C1- To become ice; to freeze.
- To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.
- To make icy; to freeze. · 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.
- To put out a team for a match. · 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. · If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
- To murder.
- To defeat decisively. · Despite his vulnerabilities, Clinton managed to ice Dole in his 1996 reelection campaign for President.
He/she/it ices · Past iced · Past participle iced · -ing form icing
Verb forms
- Base form
- ice
- He/she/it
- ices
- Past
- iced
- Past participle
- iced
- -ing form
- icing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I’m just a little bit glad that you slipped on the ice.”
“Thanks,” said the poor abbé, shivering as though his veins were filled with ice.
“I just wish I was a rich American and could spend my summer at a hotel and wear jewels and low-necked dresses and have ice cream and chicken salad every blessed day.
When she recovered we went uptown and had an ice cream.
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