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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ICE, n.
1. Water or other fluid congealed, or in a solid state; a solid, transparent, brittle substance, formed by the congelation of a fluid, by means of the abstraction of the heat necessary to preserve its fluidity, or to use language, congealed by cold.
2. Concreted sugar.
To break the ice, is to make the first opening to any attempt; to remove the first obstructions or difficulties; to open the way.
ICE, v.t. To cover with ice; to convert into ice.
1. To cover with concreted sugar; to frost.
2. To chill; to freeze.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks" [syn: ice, water ice]
2: the frozen part of a body of water
3: diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!" [syn: ice, sparkler]
4: a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes [syn: frosting, icing, ice]
5: a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) [syn: ice, frappe]
6: 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 [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
7: a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine [syn: internal- combustion engine, ICE]
8: a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating; "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice" [syn: ice rink, ice-skating rink, ice] v
1: decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: frost, ice]
2: cause to become ice or icy; "an iced summer drink"
3: put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs"

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation Iceland

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation 1. internal combustion engine 2. International Cultural Exchange

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English is, from Old English ?s; akin to Old High German ?s ice, Avestan isu- icy Date: before 12th century 1. a. frozen water b. a sheet or stretch of ice 2. a substance resembling ice; especially the solid state of a substance usually found as a gas or liquid <ammonia ice in the rings of Saturn> 3. a state of coldness (as from formality or reserve) 4. a. a frozen dessert containing a flavoring (as fruit juice); especially one containing no milk or cream b. British a serving of ice cream 5. slang diamonds; broadly jewelry 6. an undercover premium paid to a theater employee for choice theater tickets 7. methamphetamine in the form of crystals of its hydrochloride salt C₁₀H₁₅N•HCI when used illicitly for smoking — called also crystal, crystal meth • iceless adjective II. verb (iced; icing) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to coat with or convert into ice b. to chill with ice c. to supply with ice 2. to cover with or as if with icing 3. to put on ice 4. secure 1b <made two free throws…to ice the win — Jack McCallum> 5. to shoot (an ice hockey puck) the length of the rink and beyond the opponents' goal line 6. slang kill 1a intransitive verb 1. to become ice-cold 2. a. to become covered with ice — often used with up or over b. to have ice form inside <the carburetor iced up>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

abbr. 1 (in the UK) Institution of Civil Engineers. 2 internal-combustion engine.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a frozen water, a brittle transparent crystalline solid. b a sheet of this on the surface of water (fell through the ice). 2 Brit. a portion of ice-cream or water-ice (would you like an ice?). 3 sl. diamonds. --v. 1 tr. mix with or cool in ice (iced drinks). 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by over, up) a cover or become covered with ice. b freeze. 3 tr. cover (a cake etc.) with icing. Phrases and idioms: ice age a glacial period, esp. in the Pleistocene epoch. ice-axe a tool used by mountain-climbers for cutting footholds. ice-bag an ice-filled rubber bag for medical use. ice-blue a very pale blue. ice-boat 1 a boat mounted on runners for travelling on ice. 2 a boat used for breaking ice on a river etc. ice-bound confined by ice. ice-breaker 1 = ice-boat 2. 2 something that serves to relieve inhibitions, start a conversation, etc. ice bucket a bucket-like container with chunks of ice, used to keep a bottle of wine chilled. ice-cap a permanent covering of ice e.g. in polar regions. ice-cold as cold as ice. ice-cream a sweet creamy frozen food, usu. flavoured. ice-cube a small block of ice made in a refrigerator. ice-fall a steep part of a glacier like a frozen waterfall. ice-field an expanse of ice, esp. in polar regions. ice-fish a capelin. ice floe = FLOE. ice hockey a form of hockey played on ice with a puck. ice house a building often partly or wholly underground for storing ice. ice (or iced) lolly Brit. a piece of flavoured ice, often with chocolate or ice-cream, on a stick. ice-pack 1 = pack ice. 2 a quantity of ice applied to the body for medical etc. purposes. ice-pick a needle-like implement with a handle for splitting up small pieces of ice. ice-plant a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, with leaves covered with crystals or vesicles looking like ice specks. ice-rink = RINK n. 1. ice-skate n. a skate consisting of a boot with a blade beneath, for skating on ice. --v.intr. skate on ice. ice-skater a person who skates on ice. ice station a meteorological research centre in polar regions. on ice 1 (of an entertainment, sport, etc.) performed by skaters. 2 colloq. held in reserve; awaiting further attention. on thin ice in a risky situation. Etymology: OE is f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ice Ice ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [=i]s; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. [=i]s, Icel. [=i]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.] 1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[deg] C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats. Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it. 2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson. 3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen. 4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored to the ground. Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea. Ground ice, anchor ice. Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under Glacial. Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. --Kane. Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight. Ice boat. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice yacht. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice. Ice box or chest, a box for holding ice; a box in which things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator. Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] --Shak. Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored, and frozen. Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice. Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller. Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane. Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice. Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid. Ice master. See Ice pilot (below). Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice. Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or reproducing; papier glac['e]. Ice petrel (Zo["o]l.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice. Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces. Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called also ice master. Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water. Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ice Ice ([imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iced ([imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Icing ([imac]"s[i^]ng).] 1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice. 2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc. 3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ices, icing, iced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Ice is frozen water. Glaciers are moving rivers of ice... ...a bitter lemon with ice. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you ice a cake, you cover it with icing. I've iced and decorated the cake. VERB: V n 3. see also iced, icing 4. If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable. PHRASE: V inflects see also ice-breaker 5. If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it. That sort of romantic attitude cuts no ice with money-men. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n 6. If someone puts a plan or project on ice, they delay doing it. The deal was put on ice for three months... PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR 7. If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences. I had skated on thin ice and, so far, got away with it. PHRASE

Easton's Bible Dictionary

frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See CRYSTAL.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

is (qerach): Ice is almost unknown in Palestine and Syria except on the highest mountains. At moderate heights of less than 4,000 ft. a little ice may form during the night in winter, but the warm rays of the sun melt it the next day. A great quantity of snow is packed away in caves in the mountains during the winter, and is thus preserved for use in the summer months. The word is found in the Bible in three places where it describes God's power. "Out of whose womb came the ice? And the .... frost" (Job 38:29); "By the breath of God ice is given" (Job 37:10); "He casteth forth his ice like morsels" (Ps 147:17).

Figurative: Untrue friends are compared to streams "which are black by reason of the ice" (Job 6:16).

Alfred H. Joy

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Frozen water. 2. Concreted sugar, icing, frosting. 3. Ice-cream. II. v. a. 1. Freeze, congeal, convert into ice. 2. Coat or cover with ice, ice over. 3. Coat or cover with icing, frost. 4. Chill, make icy.

Moby Thesaurus

Dry Ice, French ice cream, Freon, Italian ice, air-condition, air-cool, alabaster, ammonia, berg, bijouterie, billiard table, blast, blast-freeze, blast-frozen, blight, blot out, bowling alley, bowling green, bubble, bump off, calf, cap, carbon dioxide, chill, china, climax, congeal, congealed, consummate, cool, coolant, costume jewelry, crest, croak, crown, cryosphere, culminate, do in, eggshell, erase, ether, ethyl chloride, firn, fix, flat, floe, frappe, frazil, freeze, freeze solid, freezing mixture, freshen, frost, frostbitten, frostnipped, frozen, frozen custard, frozen dessert, frozen solid, frozen water, gelid, get, give the business, glace, glacial, glaciate, glaciation, glacier, glacieret, glacify, glass, glass house, glaze, glazed frost, granular snow, ground ice, growler, gun down, hail, head, hit, house of cards, ice banner, ice barrier, ice belt, ice cave, ice cream, ice cubes, ice dike, ice field, ice floe, ice foot, ice front, ice island, ice needle, ice over, ice pack, ice pinnacle, ice raft, ice sheet, ice up, ice-cold, ice-cool, ice-cream cone, ice-cream soda, iceberg, icefall, icelike, icequake, icicle, icy, icy-cold, infrigidate, ivory, jewelry, jokul, junk jewelry, lay out, level, liquid air, liquid helium, liquid oxygen, lolly, mahogany, marble, matchwood, neve, nieve penitente, nip, off, old paper, outtop, overarch, overtop, pack ice, parchment, paste, peak, piecrust, plane, polish off, quick-freeze, quick-frozen, refreeze, refresh, refrigerant, refrigerate, regelate, rub out, satin, scatter pins, serac, settle, sharp-frozen, shelf ice, sherbet, silk, sleet, slide, slob, sludge, smooth, snow, snow ice, snow in, snow under, snowberg, sundae, surmount, take care of, tennis court, tip, top, top off, velvet, ventilate, waste, wipe out, zap