ice

noun16

1. •
   water that has become solid because it is very cold

   • He said, “Where we’re at right now was back in 2008 all covered with ice. From here to there at the side, the glacier shrank about 20 to 30 meters.”
2. •
   Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
3. •
   (figurative) Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
4. •
   (figurative) 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." — 2023
5. •
   (slang) The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs, including methamphetamine.
6. •
   (slang) One or more diamonds.

   • But you can't give cred to anything dude says / Same dude to give you ice and you owe him some head — 2002
7. •
   The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
8. •
   A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
9. •
   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.
10. •
    (UK, old-fashioned) Ice cream.

    • They exude a naive zest: coatings of detail, poured like thick chocolate sauce over a mingy scoop of vanilla ice, distract attention, criticism, distrust. — 1973
11. •
    (UK, old-fashioned) An ice cream.
12. •
    (dialect) Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
13. •
    (slang) Money paid as a bribe.

    • Theater operators, theater party agents, playwrights, and others who have ready access to tickets may get in on the “ice” and sometimes the producer is in on it too. — 1960
14. •
    (slang) Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
15. •
    (slang) An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
16. •
    (no longer used) An individual piece of ice.

verb8

1. •
   To become ice; to freeze.
2. •
   To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
3. •
   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. — 2008
4. •
   To make icy; to freeze.

   • The bridge ices before the road.
5. •
   (slang) To defeat decisively.

   • Despite his vulnerabilities, Clinton managed to ice Dole in his 1996 reelection campaign for President.
6. •
   (slang) To murder.

   • Not long afterwards Wolf rings him up. 'I want you to ice someone for £15,000, he says. "No one you know." — 2011
7. •
   To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.

   • If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
8. •
   To put out a team for a match.

   • Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season

verb3

1. •
   (slang) To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
2. •
   (slang) To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.
3. •
   (slang) To kill (in reference to and hypothetically by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

adjective1

1. •
   Initialism of isolated, confined, extreme.

   • Antarctica, like outer-space, is known as an ICE environment – isolated, confined and extreme – meaning unlike other isolated communities, the rate of change for its vocabulary can be slower. — 2024

noun6

1. •
   Acronym of internal combustion engine.
2. •
   Initialism of intercontinental exchange.
3. •
   Initialism of in-car entertainment.
4. •
   Initialism of internal compiler error.
5. •
   Initialism of in-circuit emulator/emulation.
6. •
   Acronym of iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.

phrase1

1. •
   Initialism of in case of emergency, used in mobile phones followed by the number to call if the phone’s owner is injured.