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ice

noun

  1. the glassy, brittle, crystalline form of water made solid by cold; frozen water
  2. a piece, layer, or sheet of this
  3. anything like frozen water in appearance, structure, etc.
  4. coldness in manner or attitude
    1. a frozen dessert, usually made of water, fruit juice, egg white, and sugar
    2. Brit. ice cream
  5. Slang a diamond or diamonds
  6. Slang
    1. the illegal profit made in ticket scalping, as through extra payment by ticket brokers to theater management
    2. any money paid in bribes or graft

transitive verb iced, icing

  1. to change into ice; freeze
  2. to cover with ice; apply ice to
  3. to cool by putting ice on, in, or around
  4. to cover (cake, etc.) with icing
  5. Slang to kill
  6. Ice Hockey to shoot (the puck) from defensive to offensive territory

intransitive verb

to freeze: often with up or over

  1. Iceland
  2. Icelandic

See ice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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