ice

ice¹ W3S2 [aıs] n

[: Old English; Origin: is]

1.) [U]

water that has frozen into a solid state

→↑icy

▪ Would you like some ice in your drink?

▪ Her hands were as cold as ice.

▪ Spring flowers pushed through the slowly melting ice.

▪ The city spent $7 million to remove snow and ice from the roads.

▪ a cup full of crushed ice

▪ Linda's hair sparkled with tiny ice crystals .

2.) keep/put sth on ice

to do nothing about a plan or suggestion for a period of time

▪ I'm putting my plans for a new car on ice until I finish college.

3.) be (skating) on thin ice

to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble

▪ You'd better not be late for work again, Hugo - you're skating on thin ice.

4.) the ice

a specially prepared surface of ice where you can ↑ice skate or play ↑ice hockey

▪ The two teams are ready to take to the ice.

5.)

a) a frozen sweet food made with fruit juice

= ↑sorbet

b) old-fashioned especially BrE an ↑ice cream

6.) [U] AmE

diamonds

→↑black ice, ↑dry ice,break the ice at ↑break¹ (29), cut no ice at ↑cut¹ (39)

ice ²

ice² v [T] especially BrE

to cover a cake with ↑icing (=a mixture made of liquid and very fine sugar)

American Equivalent: frost

ice down [ice sth<=>down] phr v

to cover an injured part of the body in ice to stop it from swelling

▪ Make sure you ice that ankle down as soon as you get inside.

ice over/up phr v

to become covered with ice

▪ Schools were closed when the roads iced over.

▪ The plane's engines had iced up.