ice

ice1 [ aıs ] noun ***

1. ) uncount water that has frozen and become solid:

a block/lump of ice

Ice was forming on the windshield.

Ice covered most of the lake.

a ) pieces of ice used for making drinks cold:

a gin and tonic with plenty of ice

b ) only before noun made of ice or relating to ice:

ice cubes

ice skates

ice dancing

2. ) count BRITISH an ICE CREAM or SORBET

break the ice

to make people feel more relaxed and ready to talk, for example at the beginning of a party:

Roni told a few jokes, which helped to break the ice.

cut no ice (with someone) INFORMAL

to fail to impress someone or fail to make them change their opinion

keep/put something on ice INFORMAL

to delay doing anything about a plan or idea:

The whole deal was put on ice when the stock market fell sharply.

on thin ice or skating on thin ice

at risk of upsetting or annoying someone:

Kate knew she was skating on thin ice by returning home so late.

ice

ice 2 [ aıs ] verb transitive MAINLY BRITISH

to cover a cake with FROSTING

,ice `down phrasal verb transitive AMERICAN

to put ice on a part of your body that you have hurt in order to stop it from swelling:

Mom helped me to ice down my ankle when I twisted it.

,ice `over or ,ice `up phrasal verb intransitive

to become covered with ice:

Drivers faced a new danger as roads iced over when floodwater froze.

The pond was iced over for most of the winter.