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noun ʌɪsaɪs 1mass noun Frozen water, a brittle transparent crystalline solid. she scraped the ice off the windscreen her hands were as cold as ice Example sentencesExamples - To keep food cool in summer we had an ice chest for which blocks of ice were transported from town.
- A blue beam shot out of my armor and froze Floria in a solid block of ice.
- It froze into solid, treacherous ice when the temperature dropped again at night.
- Eventually they learnt to leave a full bucket of water outdoors until it had frozen solid and then hollow out the block of ice.
- When it comes to gauging the temperature, frozen blocks of ice clogging up your rod rings are as crystal clear an indicator as anyone could wish for.
- For example, a solid substance like ice is composed of water molecules that are bound relatively close together and neatly ordered.
- In a matter of seconds, the toxarin was frozen into a solid block of ice.
- If ice did not float, all bodies of water would freeze from the bottom up, becoming solid masses of ice and destroying all life in them.
- By morning the water had frozen solid, encasing the scope in a block of ice.
- Her foot broke through a patch of brittle ice to black frozen mud below.
- The air was still, the rocks frosted and frozen and ice crystals decorated every boulder.
- It was crystallized and covered in a cover of solid ice.
- It was mid-February, a frigid cold day where ice had frozen on the bus windows, and by the end of the ride you couldn't feel your toes.
- That way the mixture will freeze quicker, preventing ice from crystallizing and giving you a smoother product.
- Chenu reached over and touched it, and sure enough, it was a solid block of ice.
- Then the world became cold and lifeless, and froze into solid ice.
- It is a solid river of ice broken into huge blocks, thrust downwards by a glacier or very large Yeti.
- At night, his hands and feet are cold as blocks of ice.
- Now it's well established that at the poles they've got lots of solid ice, solid water in other words, but then close by [there are] these sand dunes.
- The crystallization process is somewhat similar to how water freezes and ice crystals form.
- 1.1 A sheet or layer of ice on the surface of water.
the ice beneath him gave way Example sentencesExamples - The ice rippled over the surface of the water, a thin layer that clung to the sides of Morgana's face and circled her wrist.
- For countless days we raged across those dark northern seas, the rigging groaning under sheets of ice.
- First of all the Arctic ice sheet is floating, it's a thin layer of ice.
- The river groaned beneath the thick layer of ice.
- Only at the planet's poles do the temperature and pressure let water exist, as ice, on the surface.
- Plowing through layers and layers of ice, the demon finally broke the surface.
- An Icelandic horse, capable of maintaining significant speed over lava fields and sheet ice, couldn't stay upright on asphalt.
- They went down to the mussel beds that were sheeted with ice.
- There was a thin layer of ice on the surface, and she realised that her knees were getting wet through the fabric of her dress.
- All stillwaters were covered in a thick layer of ice and only those willing to try some Eskimo-style tactics could be found on the banks.
- It was the dead of winter and there was snow on the ground and sheets of ice on the Rhone.
- With a layer of ice on top, the water beneath is less prone to freeze.
- Sheets of ice crusted the water, especially closer to the shore.
- Skaters were also having a splendid time in Victoria Park, which had been flooded, and was covered with a sheet of ice in grand condition.
- When she felt her arm break the surface, felt it turn to a block of solid ice in the space of a second, she swam towards the cold.
- In the winter, a thick sheet of ice covered the water and was a spectacular sight to see.
- A thick layer of ice encrusted the surface of the dark water.
- A little lake stretched across part of it, covered in sheets of ice.
- The surface of the canal was a thick layer of ice except where the water plunged over stone and concrete falls for a drop of about twenty feet.
- Its mission was to monitor the changes in thickness of the polar ice sheets and sea ice.
- 1.2 Complete absence of friendliness or warmth in manner or expression.
the ice in his voice was only to hide the pain Example sentencesExamples - He was pulled from a world of ice and hate into a world of warmth and confusion.
- ‘There you have it,’ he said, his voice like ice as he handed the mirror back to Elder Time.
- The second movement, the composer told me, should be played not expressively, but like ice.
- Her voice was like ice, and she walked on ahead, scarf lying on the ground, forgotten.
- Aluryne's voice suddenly held ice, it shocked Fleiya and Lyken.
- His voice was like ice, sending a chill through my body.
- Her eyes were wide open and crystal clear, but instead of the warmth of lucidity, they burned with the ice of expressionlessness.
- Her voice was like ice, and he could feel nothing but cold darkness within her.
- His voice was like ice, and his eyes glared at them with their unsettling insensity.
- The ice in his voice didn't match the warmth in his eyes.
- ‘That was a long time ago,’ I said, my voice coming out like ice, my face as hard as stone.
- The ice in her voice curved Roman's into a charming grin.
- His mood is vastly improved from before, but I can still detect an edge of ice underneath his voice.
- The visitor's lips were twisted blue with cold, the voice was of splintered ice.
- He didn't want to know what made this ice hard woman shriek in such a manner.
- The ice in his voice was unmistakable as he opened the door.
- His voice had ice in it, but he didn't even look back, he just kept on going.
- ‘Get in the car,’ he said in a steel voice lined with ice, but at the same time as smooth as chocolate.
- When next the gentleman spoke, it was with a voice of ice.
- Cooper said his little speech with ice in his voice, but otherwise emotionless and calm.
Synonyms coldness, coolness, frost, frostiness, iciness, chilliness, glaciality, frigidity, lack of warmth hostility, unfriendliness, stiffness, distance, stand-offishness, aloofness
2British An ice cream, ice lolly, or portion of water ice. Example sentencesExamples - Try serving ices and sorbets in flower-studded ‘ice-bowls’.
- You are really looking at water ices appearing in the 1660s, and cream ices appearing in the 18th century.
- An ice cream van which sold ices to fellow challengers during the 25-day trip also made it to the African destination.
- The apple sorbet is as refreshing an ice as you could hope to taste.
- Water ices appeared in Europe in the 1660s and ices made with sweetened milk first appeared in Naples in 1664.
- On the ice cream front I managed to get by with only two tubs of vanilla ice, two of orange sorbet, one portion of rose, two of pear, and 500 ml of mango.
- Remember that frosty ice drink you loved as a child which left your tongue bright orange or blue?
- Manfully, I choose from the small list of ices and sorbets a Trufito.
- Unwilling to tear ourselves away from the view, we spent another half-hour on the ice nougat with rum and raisin raspberry coulis.
- Oh, and there's treacle tart or very creamy home-made ices for pudding.
- The ices at Corrado Costanzo in Noto, Sicily, are arguably the best you can find anywhere in the world.
Synonyms ice cream sorbet, water ice North American sherbet - 2.1North American A frozen mixture of fruit juice or of flavoured water and sugar.
Example sentencesExamples - Don't pass up the chance to savour this crushed ice and fruit juice mix.
- If you like the fragrance of mango and want your ice with more fruit than syrup, then this dish is a must on your first visit.
- The menu also has milkshakes and fruit ices, but nobody ever seems to order them.
- If you're still hungry after the oysters, prawns and shellfish, for dessert there are a dozen varieties of cake, plus ice cream and shaved ice.
- A tray of miniature fruit ices appeared after dessert, along with mint truffles and slivers of candied ginger.
- Low-fat means sorbet, ices, frozen yogurt, sherbet, or low-fat ice cream.
3informal Diamonds. Example sentencesExamples - The pricey drink comes with just one piece of ice: a diamond.
verb ʌɪsaɪs [with object]1Decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing. Example sentencesExamples - Using a fine nozzle, the design is extruded onto the surface in a manner a bit like icing a cake.
- Bake shop students, SAs Daniel Herzog and Jesus Collazo get a close look at the proper way to ice a cake.
- She poured three glasses of milk, and then went to help her mother ice the cake.
- When cool, ice with chocolate icing and cut into squares.
- Back in November, I made my own Christmas cake, and iced it mid-December.
- Be sure and save a fair amount of frosting in the bowls for icing the cookies themselves.
- For £1m they suggested buying your own Mediterranean island and icing your wedding cake with solid gold.
- I slammed the kitchen door on the pair of them and set about icing my cake.
- Turn the layers out onto cake racks to cool thoroughly before icing the cake.
- I was fully prepared to ice cupcakes for the rest of my life, and never speak about this again.
- And with a couple of minutes left, Moffett iced the Damolly cake.
- There were examples of mothers who iced cakes, kept chickens, and (as with the women graduates) took in laundry and lodgers to help with finance.
- The hot-cross buns are still iced by hand in the bakery, and the produce comes primarily from local growers in season.
- There will also be a demonstration on cake icing and decorating.
- Brown polished it off, helping English to a battling 75 before icing the cake with a fierce drive through mid-wicket towards the nearest hedge.
- David even has a job icing cakes in a supermarket to supplement the family's income.
- This cake can also be iced: melt together 150g dark chocolate with 150 ml double cream and 25g butter.
- If they can't wait long enough to ice fairy cakes, have some extra that can be eaten immediately.
- England, however, made the fatal error of believing this advance publicity - and in their haste, they tried to ice their cake before it had had time to cool.
- Laying the road surfaces has been compared to icing a cake.
Synonyms cover with icing, glaze North American frost, spread frosting over 2North American informal Clinch (something such as a victory or deal). Example sentencesExamples - Detroit has iced a contender in each of the past dozen years.
- Her three-point play with 1: 31 left iced the Huskies' victory over Oklahoma in San Antonio.
3North American informal Kill. she was saved from being iced by the mafia Synonyms murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute
Phrases Do or say something to relieve tension or get conversation going in a strained situation or when strangers meet. Example sentencesExamples - Although watching together broke the ice, the tension was still there.
- The bartender decided to break the ice and make a little conversation.
- I offered, trying to keep the conversation to a minimum and break the ice at the same time.
- In an attempt to break the ice, I rack my brain to continue the conversation.
- I thought if I had one at home I could use it as a conversation piece, to break the ice at parties.
- He had to break the ice before she would really engage in a conversation.
- Perhaps next time, we should break the ice and make proper conversation.
- And so the audience laughed and that kind of broke the ice.
- If you understand a culture, you can break the ice in conversation, make a joke, or construct a speech better.
- However, a smile and a ‘Bonjour’ was usually sufficient to break the ice in any conversation.
Shoot the puck from one's own half of the rink to the other end without it hitting the goal or being touched by a teammate, for which a face-off is awarded in one's own end. Example sentencesExamples - So this way the team who iced the puck would still have a fresh line out even before the play is blown dead.
- A team that ices the puck is no longer permitted a line change prior to the face off.
- Also, the team icing the puck is prohibited from changing players until after the next face-off.
- The last gasp opportunity came when the Thrashers iced the puck with just 8.9 seconds left.
- However, if a team ices the puck because of a botched pass, the linesman has the discretion to wave it off.
- We iced the puck when we didn't need to and created a faceoff at the other end, and they pulled their goalie.
- They call offsides, offsides pass, icing the puck and handle all faceoffs but those at center ice.
- In addition, a team that is playing short-handed won't be allowed to ice the puck in either game.
- He missed a shot on the empty net from inside the Oilers’ blue-line, then iced the puck twice after that.
- The other rule will whistle shorthanded teams for icing the puck but will not prevent them from changing lines.
1(of wine or food) kept chilled by being surrounded by ice. the champagne was already on ice Example sentencesExamples - On arrival, there's champagne on ice and an artily cut fruit platter.
- But it was the champions-elect that were sent home in defeat, the champagne, for now at least, chilling on ice.
- We have the champagne on ice and are ready to pay out the prize, so I'd encourage everyone to check their tickets.
- Should it emerge that Terem was not an isolated incident, no-one need put any champagne on ice before next Friday.
- Will the stars have to go without hair dryers and champagne on ice?
- He had hired a gleaming limousine, saved up for the £1,300 diamond ring and ordered the champagne to be put on ice.
- The samples were heated for 6-7 min, then chilled on ice, and centrifuged.
- In anticipation of victory the bubbly stuff was already on ice.
- Spoon some lobster noodles in a bowl that is chilled on ice.
- Andy, the perfect host, had arranged for several buckets of champagne to be waiting on ice for us in the interval bar.
- 1.1(especially of a plan or proposal) held in reserve for future consideration.
the recommendation was put on ice Example sentencesExamples - The European partnership, meanwhile, is on ice and likely to remain so.
- So the plan has been put on ice until the society can convince them that it is safe.
- Mr Wicks said putting the plans on ice would cut down the overall cost of the massive engineering scheme by an estimated £220m.
- However, the plan was put on ice after a study showed that a third network was not economically feasible.
- Two planning applications have had to be put on ice after a council failed to tell people about a crucial meeting.
- Early in March, Genesis Energy put plans on ice for two coal-fired power stations in Huntly.
- Initially, it was hoped the family would jet off to the States this summer but the gruelling chemotherapy sessions have put plans on ice.
- Put bad food habits on ice with these tips to revamp your refrigerator.
- ‘They will be kept on ice for future use,’ I replied.
- Plans for a lavish Christmas wedding have been put on ice while the couple take stock of their 15-month relationship.
Synonyms in abeyance, pending, ongoing, in the air, up in the air, open, still open, hanging fire, in the balance
2(of an entertainment) performed by skaters. Example sentencesExamples - Everyone has watched accomplished skaters spin on ice.
- And during the shoot in Norway, John risked his life by performing a series of extreme stunts on ice.
- The floor is painted in whirls of dusty white, so we seem to be viewing a performance on ice.
- It would be a unique event as Indians for the first time would get to watch white bear performing on ice.
- I admire the skill and dedication of the athletes who perform on ice and snow, and I'll be a faithful viewer of this year's Games.
- Intriguingly, the director chose to re-enact the story on ice, employing top figure skaters from eastern Europe.
- In 1973, at the age of 9, Nina Ananiashvili performed on ice an adaptation of Michel Fokine's solo The Dying Swan.
In a precarious or risky situation. you're skating on thin ice Example sentencesExamples - His reign has been very controversial and he is on thin ice already.
- As far as her film career goes, Courtney is skating on thin ice.
- Developers who want to build 71 houses on the site of Altrincham Ice Rink could be skating on thin ice.
- When you deal with this subject you skate on thin ice.
- The young bachelor was treading on thin ice after showing up two and a half hours late.
- I'm already treading on thin ice because of my out-spokenness.
- Like the rest of the field, Woods was swinging on thin ice, knowing that the slightest false step or slice of misfortune would draw blood.
- Lea knew for some time she was on thin ice but that didn't seem to stop her.
- He is on thin ice here, but he is smart enough, and gutsy enough to get away with it.
- The agencies are putting GM and Ford on thin ice with ratings just barely above junk bond status.
Phrasal Verbs Become covered or blocked with ice. the wings iced over, forcing the pilot to dive Example sentencesExamples - Freezing fog left it so heavily iced up, it was destined for disaster.
- Anna knew it was pointless to continue, since it was so cold that it would keep icing over, yet she could not stop.
- With the exception of a few duck-inhabited zones, it was all iced over.
- My colour will drain, my body ice over and my eyes grow cloudy, until morning - sweet morning!
- If the defrost timer fails, the freezer can ice up and stop cooling properly.
- Meanwhile, it's suddenly become cold enough to ice up my stubble if I cycle fast enough.
- Because even as I speak the freezer is icing up nicely.
- From the F - 16, the crew could see that the windows of the Learjet had iced over.
- She could feel everything climbing to the top of her head, then stopping, icing over into one solid block.
- Another standards consideration is that a very expensive regulator testing machine could ice up and break!
Synonyms freeze, freeze over, turn into ice, harden, solidify
Origin Old English īs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijs and German Eis. The primary purpose of breaking the ice was to allow the passage of boats through frozen water, but by the end of the 16th century people were using the phrase to mean ‘to begin an undertaking’. The modern sense, ‘to do or say something to relieve tension or get conversation going’, began in the 17th century. Ice has represented a person's cold nature or unfriendly manner since at least the time of Shakespeare. In the early 19th century the poet Lord Byron wrote in his Don Juan: ‘And your cold people are beyond all price, When once you've broken their confounded ice.’ Ice cream has been around longer than you might think. The term first appeared in the mid 18th century, but the earlier equivalent iced cream is known from the late 17th. In 1848 the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray could use the shortened form ice in Vanity Fair: ‘He went out and ate ices at a pastry-cook's shop.’ Since the early 18th century both icing and ice have been names for sugar paste for cakes. The American equivalent is frosting [1756]. The idea behind both is that the white sugar looks like ice. The phrase the icing on the cake, ‘an attractive but inessential addition or enhancement’, has been recorded since the 1920s
Rhymes advice, bice, Brice, choc ice, concise, dice, entice, gneiss, imprecise, lice, mice, nice, precise, price, rice, sice, slice, speiss, spice, splice, suffice, syce, thrice, top-slice, trice, twice, underprice, vice, Zeiss abbreviationʌɪs 1(in the US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 2(in the UK) Institution of Civil Engineers. 3Internal combustion engine.
nounʌɪs An entry stored in a person's mobile phone that provides emergency contact information. as modifier all mobile phone users should have an ICE contact in their phones Example sentencesExamples - At just 10g, it's lightweight, but is as obvious to paramedics as traditional jewellery - while holding more information than the ICE number on your phone.
- Put an ICE number in your mobile
- Everyone should put a contact number in their mobile phone and name it ICE (In Case of Emergency)
- If you've been in an accident, one of the first places paramedics will check for a next-of-kin ICE contact is your mobile phone.
- A helper, or emergency worker, would simply be able to use your phone and dial your pre-entered ICE numbers telling friends of relations what had happened.
- Add an entry in your mobile phone's contacts for ICE with name and contact info.
- We have been inundated with emails and phone calls from people worried that, having put ICE into their mobiles, they are now going to be charged for the privilege.
- We received an email claiming that having an ICE entry in your phone book could expose your mobile to a downloadable virus.
- The idea is that you enter the word ICE in your cellphone address book and against it the number of the person who you would want to be contacted 'in case of emergency'.
Origin Early 21st century: acronym from in case of emergency. nounīsaɪs 1Frozen water, a brittle transparent crystalline solid. the pipes were blocked with ice Example sentencesExamples - Now it's well established that at the poles they've got lots of solid ice, solid water in other words, but then close by [there are] these sand dunes.
- By morning the water had frozen solid, encasing the scope in a block of ice.
- Then the world became cold and lifeless, and froze into solid ice.
- It froze into solid, treacherous ice when the temperature dropped again at night.
- To keep food cool in summer we had an ice chest for which blocks of ice were transported from town.
- It was crystallized and covered in a cover of solid ice.
- Eventually they learnt to leave a full bucket of water outdoors until it had frozen solid and then hollow out the block of ice.
- A blue beam shot out of my armor and froze Floria in a solid block of ice.
- The crystallization process is somewhat similar to how water freezes and ice crystals form.
- In a matter of seconds, the toxarin was frozen into a solid block of ice.
- At night, his hands and feet are cold as blocks of ice.
- Chenu reached over and touched it, and sure enough, it was a solid block of ice.
- Her foot broke through a patch of brittle ice to black frozen mud below.
- That way the mixture will freeze quicker, preventing ice from crystallizing and giving you a smoother product.
- For example, a solid substance like ice is composed of water molecules that are bound relatively close together and neatly ordered.
- The air was still, the rocks frosted and frozen and ice crystals decorated every boulder.
- When it comes to gauging the temperature, frozen blocks of ice clogging up your rod rings are as crystal clear an indicator as anyone could wish for.
- It was mid-February, a frigid cold day where ice had frozen on the bus windows, and by the end of the ride you couldn't feel your toes.
- If ice did not float, all bodies of water would freeze from the bottom up, becoming solid masses of ice and destroying all life in them.
- It is a solid river of ice broken into huge blocks, thrust downwards by a glacier or very large Yeti.
- 1.1 Complete absence of friendliness or affection in manner or expression.
the ice in his voice was only to hide the pain Example sentencesExamples - The ice in her voice curved Roman's into a charming grin.
- His voice had ice in it, but he didn't even look back, he just kept on going.
- His voice was like ice, sending a chill through my body.
- Her voice was like ice, and he could feel nothing but cold darkness within her.
- The visitor's lips were twisted blue with cold, the voice was of splintered ice.
- ‘That was a long time ago,’ I said, my voice coming out like ice, my face as hard as stone.
- When next the gentleman spoke, it was with a voice of ice.
- His voice was like ice, and his eyes glared at them with their unsettling insensity.
- His mood is vastly improved from before, but I can still detect an edge of ice underneath his voice.
- The second movement, the composer told me, should be played not expressively, but like ice.
- ‘There you have it,’ he said, his voice like ice as he handed the mirror back to Elder Time.
- The ice in his voice was unmistakable as he opened the door.
- ‘Get in the car,’ he said in a steel voice lined with ice, but at the same time as smooth as chocolate.
- He didn't want to know what made this ice hard woman shriek in such a manner.
- Cooper said his little speech with ice in his voice, but otherwise emotionless and calm.
- Aluryne's voice suddenly held ice, it shocked Fleiya and Lyken.
- The ice in his voice didn't match the warmth in his eyes.
- He was pulled from a world of ice and hate into a world of warmth and confusion.
- Her voice was like ice, and she walked on ahead, scarf lying on the ground, forgotten.
- Her eyes were wide open and crystal clear, but instead of the warmth of lucidity, they burned with the ice of expressionlessness.
Synonyms coldness, coolness, frost, frostiness, iciness, chilliness, glaciality, frigidity, lack of warmth
2North American A frozen mixture of fruit juice or of flavored water and sugar. Example sentencesExamples - The menu also has milkshakes and fruit ices, but nobody ever seems to order them.
- If you're still hungry after the oysters, prawns and shellfish, for dessert there are a dozen varieties of cake, plus ice cream and shaved ice.
- Low-fat means sorbet, ices, frozen yogurt, sherbet, or low-fat ice cream.
- If you like the fragrance of mango and want your ice with more fruit than syrup, then this dish is a must on your first visit.
- Don't pass up the chance to savour this crushed ice and fruit juice mix.
- A tray of miniature fruit ices appeared after dessert, along with mint truffles and slivers of candied ginger.
3informal Diamonds. Example sentencesExamples - The pricey drink comes with just one piece of ice: a diamond.
4US informal An illegal profit made from reselling tickets. - 4.1 Money paid in graft or bribery.
Example sentencesExamples - Yes, I know you really want a British driver to win so you can get the bunting out but this is formula one, where only winning and money cut any ice.
5informal Methamphetamine.
verbīsaɪs [with object]1Decorate (a cake) with icing. Example sentencesExamples - Back in November, I made my own Christmas cake, and iced it mid-December.
- If they can't wait long enough to ice fairy cakes, have some extra that can be eaten immediately.
- Laying the road surfaces has been compared to icing a cake.
- Bake shop students, SAs Daniel Herzog and Jesus Collazo get a close look at the proper way to ice a cake.
- Using a fine nozzle, the design is extruded onto the surface in a manner a bit like icing a cake.
- This cake can also be iced: melt together 150g dark chocolate with 150 ml double cream and 25g butter.
- The hot-cross buns are still iced by hand in the bakery, and the produce comes primarily from local growers in season.
- England, however, made the fatal error of believing this advance publicity - and in their haste, they tried to ice their cake before it had had time to cool.
- Be sure and save a fair amount of frosting in the bowls for icing the cookies themselves.
- David even has a job icing cakes in a supermarket to supplement the family's income.
- There will also be a demonstration on cake icing and decorating.
- I was fully prepared to ice cupcakes for the rest of my life, and never speak about this again.
- Brown polished it off, helping English to a battling 75 before icing the cake with a fierce drive through mid-wicket towards the nearest hedge.
- There were examples of mothers who iced cakes, kept chickens, and (as with the women graduates) took in laundry and lodgers to help with finance.
- When cool, ice with chocolate icing and cut into squares.
- For £1m they suggested buying your own Mediterranean island and icing your wedding cake with solid gold.
- And with a couple of minutes left, Moffett iced the Damolly cake.
- Turn the layers out onto cake racks to cool thoroughly before icing the cake.
- She poured three glasses of milk, and then went to help her mother ice the cake.
- I slammed the kitchen door on the pair of them and set about icing my cake.
2North American informal Clinch (something such as a victory or deal). Example sentencesExamples - Detroit has iced a contender in each of the past dozen years.
- Her three-point play with 1: 31 left iced the Huskies' victory over Oklahoma in San Antonio.
3North American informal Kill. she was saved from being iced by the mafia Synonyms murder, cause the death of, end the life of, take the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute 4Ice Hockey
Shoot (the puck) so as to commit icing. Example sentencesExamples - The puck started to go down the ice and it looked like it would be icing.
- Mr O'Connor, to the penalty box with you, as you have stepped way over the blue line and iced this puck.
- Basically the game does away with all hockey-playing rules like icing, interference, roughing, or two-line passes.
- No-touch icing also will be considered by the league's G.M.s at a meeting in March.
- There will be other new rules in place for the entire season: no-touch icing, tag-up offside, a bigger neutral zone and wider blue and red lines.
- Of course I like the skating, the finesse, the hat tricks and assists and icing.
- However, the linesmen whistled the Rangers for icing with 1.6 seconds remaining.
Phrases Do or say something to relieve tension or get conversation going at the start of a party or when people meet for the first time. Example sentencesExamples - I thought if I had one at home I could use it as a conversation piece, to break the ice at parties.
- Perhaps next time, we should break the ice and make proper conversation.
- Although watching together broke the ice, the tension was still there.
- If you understand a culture, you can break the ice in conversation, make a joke, or construct a speech better.
- In an attempt to break the ice, I rack my brain to continue the conversation.
- The bartender decided to break the ice and make a little conversation.
- I offered, trying to keep the conversation to a minimum and break the ice at the same time.
- However, a smile and a ‘Bonjour’ was usually sufficient to break the ice in any conversation.
- And so the audience laughed and that kind of broke the ice.
- He had to break the ice before she would really engage in a conversation.
1(of wine or food) kept chilled by being surrounded by ice. Example sentencesExamples - Should it emerge that Terem was not an isolated incident, no-one need put any champagne on ice before next Friday.
- Andy, the perfect host, had arranged for several buckets of champagne to be waiting on ice for us in the interval bar.
- He had hired a gleaming limousine, saved up for the £1,300 diamond ring and ordered the champagne to be put on ice.
- Will the stars have to go without hair dryers and champagne on ice?
- The samples were heated for 6-7 min, then chilled on ice, and centrifuged.
- In anticipation of victory the bubbly stuff was already on ice.
- But it was the champions-elect that were sent home in defeat, the champagne, for now at least, chilling on ice.
- We have the champagne on ice and are ready to pay out the prize, so I'd encourage everyone to check their tickets.
- Spoon some lobster noodles in a bowl that is chilled on ice.
- On arrival, there's champagne on ice and an artily cut fruit platter.
- 1.1(especially of a plan or proposal) held in reserve for future consideration.
the recommendation was put on ice Example sentencesExamples - ‘They will be kept on ice for future use,’ I replied.
- The European partnership, meanwhile, is on ice and likely to remain so.
- Mr Wicks said putting the plans on ice would cut down the overall cost of the massive engineering scheme by an estimated £220m.
- Initially, it was hoped the family would jet off to the States this summer but the gruelling chemotherapy sessions have put plans on ice.
- However, the plan was put on ice after a study showed that a third network was not economically feasible.
- Early in March, Genesis Energy put plans on ice for two coal-fired power stations in Huntly.
- Put bad food habits on ice with these tips to revamp your refrigerator.
- Two planning applications have had to be put on ice after a council failed to tell people about a crucial meeting.
- Plans for a lavish Christmas wedding have been put on ice while the couple take stock of their 15-month relationship.
- So the plan has been put on ice until the society can convince them that it is safe.
Synonyms in abeyance, pending, ongoing, in the air, up in the air, open, still open, hanging fire, in the balance
2(of an entertainment) performed by skaters. Example sentencesExamples - Everyone has watched accomplished skaters spin on ice.
- Intriguingly, the director chose to re-enact the story on ice, employing top figure skaters from eastern Europe.
- It would be a unique event as Indians for the first time would get to watch white bear performing on ice.
- I admire the skill and dedication of the athletes who perform on ice and snow, and I'll be a faithful viewer of this year's Games.
- The floor is painted in whirls of dusty white, so we seem to be viewing a performance on ice.
- In 1973, at the age of 9, Nina Ananiashvili performed on ice an adaptation of Michel Fokine's solo The Dying Swan.
- And during the shoot in Norway, John risked his life by performing a series of extreme stunts on ice.
In a precarious or risky situation. you're skating on thin ice Example sentencesExamples - When you deal with this subject you skate on thin ice.
- The young bachelor was treading on thin ice after showing up two and a half hours late.
- The agencies are putting GM and Ford on thin ice with ratings just barely above junk bond status.
- Developers who want to build 71 houses on the site of Altrincham Ice Rink could be skating on thin ice.
- I'm already treading on thin ice because of my out-spokenness.
- Like the rest of the field, Woods was swinging on thin ice, knowing that the slightest false step or slice of misfortune would draw blood.
- Lea knew for some time she was on thin ice but that didn't seem to stop her.
- His reign has been very controversial and he is on thin ice already.
- As far as her film career goes, Courtney is skating on thin ice.
- He is on thin ice here, but he is smart enough, and gutsy enough to get away with it.
Phrasal Verbs Become completely covered or blocked with ice. the wings iced over, forcing the pilot to dive Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly he ran across an iced over puddle of water and he fell down onto the snow.
- Quickly, he turned to the door and found the handle and the seams of the door iced over, which helped trap the water as well.
- It's also kind of dangerous because there is a water spout that empties right there and that ices over at night.
Synonyms freeze, freeze over, turn into ice, harden, solidify
Origin Old English īs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijs and German Eis. nounaɪsīs An entry stored in a person's mobile phone that provides emergency contact information. paramedics failed to check his phone for ICE as modifier a newer phone may have an ICE key Example sentencesExamples - We have been inundated with emails and phone calls from people worried that, having put ICE into their mobiles, they are now going to be charged for the privilege.
- Everyone should put a contact number in their mobile phone and name it ICE (In Case of Emergency)
- At just 10g, it's lightweight, but is as obvious to paramedics as traditional jewellery - while holding more information than the ICE number on your phone.
- If you've been in an accident, one of the first places paramedics will check for a next-of-kin ICE contact is your mobile phone.
- We received an email claiming that having an ICE entry in your phone book could expose your mobile to a downloadable virus.
- A helper, or emergency worker, would simply be able to use your phone and dial your pre-entered ICE numbers telling friends of relations what had happened.
- The idea is that you enter the word ICE in your cellphone address book and against it the number of the person who you would want to be contacted 'in case of emergency'.
- Add an entry in your mobile phone's contacts for ICE with name and contact info.
- Put an ICE number in your mobile
verbaɪsīs [with object]Program (a mobile phone) with emergency information. frequent flyers are among those who routinely ICE their cell phones Example sentencesExamples - Another post-SPI photo by Tom Dowling - Still some ICEing problems, but SPI is less likely to be ICEd.
Origin Early 21st century: acronym from in case of emergency. abbreviation 1(in the US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 2(in the UK) Institution of Civil Engineers. 3Internal combustion engine.
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