ice

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

ices

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

ice

past (v2)

iced

past participle (v3)

iced

present participle

icing

3rd person singular

ices

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Water in frozen (solid) form.

2. 2.Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.

3. 3.Something having an extreme coldness of manner.

   • 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."

4. 4.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.

   • 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.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To make icy; to freeze.

   • The bridge ices before the road.

2. 2.To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.

3. 3.To become ice; to freeze.

4. 4.To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.

   • 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.

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