Meaning of "ice" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ICE

Old English īs; compare Old High German īs, Old Norse īss.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ICE

ice  [aɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICE

Ice is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ice in English.

WHAT DOES ICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ice

Ice is water frozen into a solid state. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color. In the Solar System, ice occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury to as far as the Oort cloud. Beyond the Solar System, it occurs as interstellar ice. It is abundant on Earth's surface – particularly in the polar regions and above the snow line – and, as a common form of precipitation and deposition, plays a key role in Earth's water cycle and climate. It falls as snowflakes and hail or occurs as frost, icicles or ice spikes. Ice molecules exhibit different phases that depend on temperature and pressure. Virtually all the ice on Earth's surface and in its atmosphere is of a hexagonal crystalline structure denoted as ice Ih. The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below 0°C at standard atmospheric pressure. It may also be deposited by water vapor via sublimation, as happens in the formation of frost. Ice is used in a variety of ways, including cooling, winter sports and ice sculpture.

Definition of ice in the English dictionary

The first definition of ice in the dictionary is water in the solid state, formed by freezing liquid water related adjective glacial. Other definition of ice is a portion of ice cream. Ice is also a diamond or diamonds.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ICE

PRESENT

Present

I ice

you ice

he/she/it ices

we ice

you ice

they ice

Present continuous

I am icing

you are icing

he/she/it is icing

we are icing

you are icing

they are icing

Present perfect

I have iced

you have iced

he/she/it has iced

we have iced

you have iced

they have iced

Present perfect continuous

I have been icing

you have been icing

he/she/it has been icing

we have been icing

you have been icing

they have been icing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I iced

you iced

he/she/it iced

we iced

you iced

they iced

Past continuous

I was icing

you were icing

he/she/it was icing

we were icing

you were icing

they were icing

Past perfect

I had iced

you had iced

he/she/it had iced

we had iced

you had iced

they had iced

Past perfect continuous

I had been icing

you had been icing

he/she/it had been icing

we had been icing

you had been icing

they had been icing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ice

you will ice

he/she/it will ice

we will ice

you will ice

they will ice

Future continuous

I will be icing

you will be icing

he/she/it will be icing

we will be icing

you will be icing

they will be icing

Future perfect

I will have iced

you will have iced

he/she/it will have iced

we will have iced

you will have iced

they will have iced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been icing

you will have been icing

he/she/it will have been icing

we will have been icing

you will have been icing

they will have been icing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ice

you would ice

he/she/it would ice

we would ice

you would ice

they would ice

Conditional continuous

I would be icing

you would be icing

he/she/it would be icing

we would be icing

you would be icing

they would be icing

Conditional perfect

I would have ice

you would have ice

he/she/it would have ice

we would have ice

you would have ice

they would have ice

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been icing

you would have been icing

he/she/it would have been icing

we would have been icing

you would have been icing

they would have been icing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ice
we let´s ice
you ice

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ice

Past participle

iced

Present Participle

icing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ICE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ice» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of ice

coat · frost · glaze · ice cream · water ice

TRANSLATION OF ICE

Find out the translation of ice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ice» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 冰
• Translator English - Spanish: hielo
• English: ice
• Translator English - Hindi: बर्फ
• Translator English - Arabic: جَلِيدٌ
• Translator English - Russian: лед
• Translator English - Portuguese: gelo
• Translator English - Bengali: বরফ
• Translator English - French: glace
• Translator English - Malay: Ais
• Translator English - German: Eis
• Translator English - Japanese: 氷
• Translator English - Korean: 얼음
• Translator English - Javanese: Es
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đá
• Translator English - Tamil: பனி
• Translator English - Marathi: बर्फ
• Translator English - Turkish: buz
• Translator English - Italian: ghiaccio
• Translator English - Polish: lód
• Translator English - Ukrainian: крига
• Translator English - Romanian: gheață
• Translator English - Greek: πάγος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ys
• Translator English - Swedish: is
• Translator English - Norwegian: is

10 QUOTES WITH «ICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ice.

1

Buzz Aldrin

Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what's going on and what you should be involved in.

2

Ian Allison

Ice shelves in general have episodic carvings and there can be large icebergs breaking off - I'm talking 100km or 200km long - every 10 or 20 or 50 years.

3

Ann Bancroft

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

4

Julie Benz

And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life.

5

Brittany Bowe

We are not exposed to ice much in Florida.

6

Bobby Bragan

Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable.

7

Steven Chu

I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey.

8

Sasha Cohen

A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice.

9

Laurie Colwin

I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone's morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.

10

Randy Couture

I do my best to stay away from dairy, especially ice cream. I've become a cookie monster whenever I want to mess around and eat something cheap.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICE»

Discover the use of ice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Book of Ice

"This is not cool, this is freezing. I still have frostbite." --Stefan Sagmeister "A rare mind encounters a rare place--this is an entirely new take on the bottom of the world, very cool (but getting warmer).

Paul D. Miller, DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, 2011

Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing ...

Scientists theorize that icy comets delivered to Earth the molecules needed to get life started, and ice ages have shaped much of the land as we know it.Here is the whole world of ice, from the freezing of Pleasant Lake in New Hampshire to ...

Mariana Gosnell, 2011

Ice

Ice wishes she could just become invisible.... Ice hides from the world behind a shield of silence. And that is what her mother hates about her. All she wants is a normal daughter who wears makeup and sexy clothes to attract boys.

V.C. Andrews, 2001

Holidays on Ice

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story.

David Sedaris, 2009

Ice

When Cassie was little she thought her mother had been taken prisoner by trolls because of a deal she’d made with the Polar Bear King.

Sarah Beth Durst, 2009

Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South ...

But where the hype and the headlines end, the real story of Ice-T—the one few of his millions of fans have ever heard—truly begins. Ice is Ice-T in his own words—raw, uncensored, and unafraid to speak his mind.

Ice-T, Douglas Century, 2011

Sugar and Ice

For Claire Boucher, life is all about skating on the frozen cow pond and in the annual Maple Show right before the big pancake breakfast on her family's farm.

Kate Messner, 2010

Ice: Great Moments in the History of Hard, Cold Water

Cities vie for tourists by building shimmering ice palaces to celebrate winter; explorers compete to reach the poles, and not all live to tell the story.

Karal Ann Marling, 2008

Ice: The Antarctic Diary of Charles F. Passel

The Antarctic diary of Charles F. Passel.

Charles F. Passel, T. H. Baughman, 1995

Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery

This book tells the exciting story of the ice ages--what they were like, why they occurred, and when the next one is due.

John Imbrie, Katherine Palmer Imbrie, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ice is used in the context of the following news items.

The Ice of Pluto is More Diverse Than We Realized - Space - io9

We give up: Pluto is out to surprise us. This time it's the ice. We thought it'd be easy once we confirmed ice caps of methane and nitrogen, but ... «io9, Jul 15»

Iqaluit grocery shelves left bare as ice and fog hinder food shipments

A rare lingering fog and thick ice have caused majors delays in food shipments to Iqaluit, where store shelves that were bare for nearly a week ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

Polar bear metabolism cannot cope with ice loss : Nature News …

Polar bears' metabolism does not slow very much during the summer months when sea ice melts and food becomes scarce, according to a ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

Here's the scoop: China is now the world's biggest ice cream market …

One third of all ice cream bought globally is consumed in China, which became the largest ice cream market in the world in 2014, beating the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Ice Box closure would hurt user groups - Kamloops This Week

If the Ice Box Arena closes its doors, shinny sheets will be even harder to find. “All I can say is we are getting inquiries from ice-user groups, ... «Kamloops This Week, Jul 15»

NASA New Horizons Pluto mission finds ice peaks, massive canyons

Mankind's first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint Wednesday, as NASA's new pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

Ice: The Overlooked Product | Food Safety News

Make sure to properly clean the floor drain, inspect for leaks, and remove any standing water on the floor under the ice machine. This can be a ... «Food Safety News, Jul 15»

14 Creative Ice Tray Hacks to Try This Summer - Yahoo

If you've ever taken more than twenty minutes to finish your iced coffee, you understand the struggle of melted ice and watered down coffee. «Yahoo Food, Jul 15»

'Like ice but fluffy': a seasoned reporter touches snow for the first …

'Like ice but fluffy': a seasoned reporter touches snow for the first time. Chasing the pristine white landscapes she had read about in her ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Revealed: How your ice bucket challenge money is being spent …

It seems like a distant memory now, but the ice bucket challenge was sweeping the globe this time last year, and thousands of people were ... «The Independent, Jul 15»