- ice
- [[t]a͟ɪs[/t]]
♦♦1) N-UNCOUNT Ice is frozen water.
Glaciers are moving rivers of ice...
The ice is melting.
...a bitter lemon with ice.
2) VERB If you ice a cake, you cover it with icing.[V n] I've made the cake. I've iced and decorated it.
Syn:3) N-COUNT An ice is an ice cream. [mainly BRIT]He's eaten a lot of choc ices.
Syn:4) → See also , icing5) PHRASE: V inflects 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.→ See also ice-breakerThat sort of approach should go a long way toward breaking the ice...
The major purpose of his trip was to break the ice, and his itinerary so far has been packed full.
6) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n 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.
7) PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR If someone puts a plan or project on ice, they delay doing it.There would be a three-month delay while the deal would be put on ice...
The $40 million-a-month aid payments will remain on ice.
Syn:8) PHRASE 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 on many assignments and somehow had, so far, got away with it.
English dictionary. 2008.
