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ice

  [ahys] noun, verb, iced, ic⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
2. the frozen surface of a body of water.
3. any substance resembling frozen water: camphor ice.
4. a frozen dessert made of sweetened water and fruit juice.
5. British. ice cream.
6. icing, as on a cake.
7. reserve; formality: The ice of his manner betrayed his dislike of the new ambassador.
8. Slang.
a. a diamond or diamonds.
b. protection money paid to the police by the operator of an illicit business.
c. a fee that a ticket broker pays to a theater manager in order to receive a favorable allotment of tickets.
–verb (used with object)
9. to cover with ice.
10. to change into ice; freeze.
11. to cool with ice, as a drink.
12. to cover (cake, sweet rolls, etc.) with icing; frost.
13. to refrigerate with ice, as air.
14. to make cold, as if with ice.
15. to preserve by placing on ice.
16. Ice Hockey. (esp. in Canada) to put (a team) into formal play.
17. Slang.
a. to settle or seal; make sure of, as by signing a contract: We'll ice the deal tomorrow.
b. to make (a business arrangement) more attractive by adding features or benefits: The star pitcher wouldn't sign his new contract until the team iced it with a big bonus.
c. to kill, esp. to murder: The mobsters threatened to ice him if he went to the police.
18. Sports Slang. to establish a winning score or insurmountable lead in or otherwise assure victory in (a game or contest): Her second goal iced the game.
–verb (used without object)
19. to change to ice; freeze: The sherbet is icing in the refrigerator.
20. to be coated with ice (often fol. by up): The windshield has iced up.
–adjective
21. of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
22. for holding ice and food or drink to be chilled: an ice bucket; an ice chest.
23. on or done on the ice: ice yachting.
—Idioms
24. break the ice,
a. to succeed initially; make a beginning.
b. to overcome reserve, awkwardness, or formality within a group, as in introducing persons: The chairman broke the ice with his warm and very amusing remarks.
25. cut no ice, Informal. to have no influence or importance; fail to impress: Her father's position cuts no ice with me.
26. ice it, Slang. stop it; that's enough: You've been complaining all day, so ice it.
27. ice the puck, Ice Hockey. to hit the puck to the far end of the rink, esp. from the defensive area across the offensive area.
28. on ice, Informal.
a. with a good chance of success or realization: Now that the contract is on ice we can begin operating again.
b. out of activity, as in confinement or imprisonment.
c. in a state of abeyance or readiness: Let's put that topic on ice for the moment.
29. on thin ice, in a precarious or delicate situation: You may pass the course, but you're on thin ice right now. Also, skating on thin ice.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1905–10 for def. 8a; ME, OE īs; c. G Eis, ON īss

Related forms:
iceless, adjective
icelike, adjective
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ice-up

  [ahys-uhp]
–noun
freeze (def. 34).
Origin:
1965–70; n. use of v. phrase ice up

freeze

  [freez] verb, froze, fro⋅zen, freez⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
2. to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat, as objects containing moisture: Meat will freeze in a few hours.
3. to suffer the effects of intense cold; have the sensation of extreme cold: We sat there freezing until the heat came on.
4. to be of the degree of cold at which water freezes: It may freeze tonight.
5. to lose warmth of feeling; be stunned or chilled with fear, shock, etc.: My heart froze when she told me the news.
6. to become immobilized through fear, shock, etc.: When he got in front of the audience he froze.
7. to stop suddenly and remain motionless; halt: I froze in my tracks.
8. to become obstructed by the formation of ice, as pipes: Our basement water pipes often freeze in winter.
9. to die or be injured because of frost or cold.
10. (of a screw, nail, or the like) to become rigidly fixed in place, as from rust or dirt.
11. to become fixed to something by or as if by the action of frost.
12. to become unfriendly, secretive, or aloof (often fol. by up): He froze at such a personal question.
13. to become temporarily inoperable; cease to function (often fol. by up): The new software made my computer freeze.
–verb (used with object)
14. to harden into ice; change from a fluid to a solid form by loss of heat; congeal.
15. to form ice on the surface of (a river, pond, etc.).
16. to harden or stiffen (an object containing moisture) by cold.
17. to quick-freeze.
18. to subject to freezing temperature; place in a freezer or in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator.
19. to cause to suffer the effects of intense cold; produce the sensation of extreme cold in.
20. to cause to lose warmth as if by cold; chill with fear; dampen the enthusiasm of.
21. to cause (a person or animal) to become fixed through fright, alarm, shock, etc.: Terror froze him to the steering wheel.
22. to kill by frost or cold: A late snow froze the buds.
23. to fix fast with ice: a sled frozen to a sidewalk.
24. to obstruct or close (a pipe or the like) by the formation of ice: The storm had frozen the hydrant.
25. to fix (rents, prices, etc.) at a specific amount, usually by government order.
26. to stop or limit production, use, or development of: an agreement to freeze nuclear weapons.
27. Finance. to render impossible of liquidation or collection: Bank loans are frozen in business depressions.
28. Surgery. to render part of the body insensitive to pain or slower in its function by artificial means.
29. Cards.
a. Canasta. to play a wild card on (the discard pile) so as to make it frozen.
b. Poker. to eliminate (other players) in a game of freezeout.
30. to photograph (a moving subject) at a shutter speed fast enough to produce an unblurred, seemingly motionless image.
31. Movies. to stop by means of a freeze-frame mechanism: You can freeze the action at any point.
32. Sports. to maintain possession of (a ball or puck) for as long as possible, usually without trying to score, thereby reducing the opponent's opportunities for scoring.
33. Ice Hockey. to hold (a puck) against the boards with the skates or stick, causing play to stop and forcing a face-off.
–noun
34. the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
35. Also called ice-up. Meteorology. a widespread occurrence of temperatures below 32°F (0°C) persisting for at least several days: A freeze is expected in the coastal areas.
36. a frost.
37. a legislative action, esp. in time of national emergency, to control prices, rents, production, etc.: The government put a freeze on new construction.
38. a decision by one or more nations to stop or limit production or development of weapons, esp. nuclear weapons.
—Verb phrases
39. freeze on or onto, Informal. to adhere closely to; hold on; seize.
40. freeze out, to exclude or compel (somebody) to withdraw from membership, acceptance, a position of influence or advantage, etc., by cold treatment or severe competition.
41. freeze over, to coat or become coated with ice: The lake freezes over for several months each year.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (v.) ME fresen, OE frēosan; c. MLG vrēsen, ON frjōsa, OHG friosan (G frieren); (n.) late ME frese, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
freez⋅a⋅ble, adjective
freez⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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Slang Dictionary
freeze (so)

  1. tv.
    to make it too cold for someone, usually by opening windows or through the use of air conditioning. (See also play freeze-out.) : Are you trying to freeze out everybody? Close the door.
  2. tv.
    to lock someone out socially. : They froze out the newcomers.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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ice

  1. n.
    diamonds; jewels. (Underworld.) : That old dame has tons of ice in her hotel room.
  2. n.
    cocaine; crystalline cocaine. (Drugs.) : Max deals mostly in ice but can get you almost anything.
  3. tv.
    to kill someone; to kill an informer. (Underworld. See also chill.) : Mr. Big ordered Sam to ice you-know-who.
  4. tv.
    to ignore someone. (Underworld. See also chill.) : Bart iced Sam for obvious reasons.
  5. tv.
    to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish. : Don't ice me in front of my friends.
  6. n.
    money given as a bribe, especially to the police. (Underworld.) : A lot of those cops take ice.
  7. mod.
    excellent; very cool. : Her answer was ice, and she really put down that guy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ice 
O.E. is "ice," from P.Gmc. *isa- (cf. O.N. iss, O.Fris. is, Du. ijs, Ger. Eis), with no certain cognates beyond Gmc. Slang meaning "diamonds" is attested from 1906. Ice cream is first recorded 1688 (as iced cream); icing in the sugary sense is from 1769; ice cube first recorded 1929. To break the ice "to make the first opening to any attempt" is from 1590, metaphoric of making passages for boats by breaking up river ice though in modern use usually with implications of "cold reserve."

freeze 
O.E. freosan "turn to ice" (class II strong verb; past tense freas, pp. froren), from P.Gmc. *freusanan (cf. O.N. frjosa, O.H.G. friosan, Ger. frieren "to freeze," Goth. frius "frost"), from P.Gmc. *freus-, equivalent to PIE base *preus- "to freeze," also "to burn" (cf. Skt. prusva, L. pruina "hoarfrost," Welsh rhew "frost," Skt. prustah "burnt," Albanian prus "burning coals," L. pruna "a live coal"). Transitive sense first recorded 14c., figurative sense c.1400. Meaning "become rigid or motionless" first recorded 1848, in "Jane Eyre." Sense of "fix at a certain level, make non-transactable" is 1922. Archaic frore "frosty, frozen" can be found in poetry as late as Keats; it is from O.E. frorer, pp. of freosan. First record of freezer in reference to a machine for keeping things very cold is from 1847. Freeze frame is from 1960, originally "a briefly Frozen Shot after the Jingle to allow ample time for Change over at the end of a T.V. 'Commercial.' " ["ABC of Film & TV," 1960].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: freeze
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: froze; fro·zen; freez·ing
1 : to cause to become fixed, immovable, unavailable, or unalterable <freeze interest rates>
2 : to immobilize (as by government regulation or the action of a financial institution) the expenditure, withdrawal, or exchange of <freeze foreign assets>
3 : to restructure (the capital of a close corporation) so that the value is reflected mostly in preferred stock rather than common stock
NOTE: Once capital is frozen, the common shares can be transferred to the heirs of the owner without taxation while the owner continues to enjoy the income from preferred stock dividends during his or her lifetime. —freeze noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: freeze
Pronunciation: 'frEz
Function: verb
Inflected Form: froze /'frOz/; fro·zen /'frOz-&n/;freez·ing
intransitive senses
1 : to become hardened into a solid (as ice) by loss of heat
2 a : to become chilled with coldfroze to death> b : to anesthetize a part especially by cold freeze transitive senses
1 : to cause to harden into a solid (asice) by loss of heat
2 : to make extremely cold : CHILL
3 a : to act on usuallydestructively by frost b : to anesthetize by cold

Main Entry: ice
Pronunciation: 'Is
Function: noun
1 : frozen water
2 : methamphetamine in the form of crystals of itshydrochloride salt C10H15N·HCl when used illicitly for smokingcalled also crystal meth
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Medical Dictionary

freeze (frēz)
v. froze (frōz), fro·zen (frō'zən), freez·ing, freez·es

  1. To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.

  2. To make or become congealed, stiffened, or hardened by exposure to cold.

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