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ICE

noun

  1. system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and its surrounding countries
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verb

  1. decorate with frosting
  2. make colder (or icy) using ice
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noun

  1. water frozen into the solid state
  2. mineral (as opposed to the chemical compound)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /aɪs/ / /aɪ siː iː/

adj

  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.

name

  1. Abbreviation of Iceland.
  2. Initialism of Institution of Civil Engineers.
  3. Initialism of International Cultural Exchange.
  4. Acronym of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“law-enforcement agency responsible for immigration and customs matters of the United States Federal government”).

    Mr. Schlossberg’s rant angered activists for immigrant rights, who said it reinforced stereotypes that Spanish speakers are not citizens. And they worried that it perpetuated fear within immigrant communities of ICE’s aggressive tactics to deport those who are undocumented.

    ICE agents were joined Sunday by officials from multiple Justice Department agencies as they targeted what they said are public safety and national security threats.

  5. Initialism of Intercity-Express (“German high speed train”).

noun

  1. Acronym of internal combustion engine.

    “ICE-ing is EV owner-speak for when an internal combustion engine (ICE) car blocks or parks in a charging point space. On EV internet forums, stories of drivers being ICEd abound. But rather than scuffles breaking out, if stories are to be believed, British EV drivers resort to leaving notes and icy stares when the offending ICE driver returns.

    “The ICE tail is now fatter and longer than anybody ever thought it was going to be,” GM's chief financial officer Paul Jacobson said at a recent conference, even as the company continued to invest in new EVs. […] Ford last year posted a $5bn operative loss on its EV business but made $5.3bn from its ICE division.

  2. Initialism of internal compiler error.
  3. Initialism of in-circuit emulator/emulation.
  4. Initialism of in-car entertainment.
  5. Acronym of ice, compress, elevation (first-aid).
  6. Initialism of intercontinental exchange.

    But ICE says futures trading in a variety of carbon-linked financial instruments -- where the bulk of trading activity occurs -- would continue apace. That includes trading in futures and options contracts for EUAs and the carbon offsets credits issued by U.N. organizations, the Certified Emission Reduction futures and options and Emission Reduction Unit futures.

  7. Acronym of iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.

phrase

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

verb

  1. To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.

    “We do get charge rage if someone ICEs your bay. And people don’t like it if someone parks a Tesla to charge for two hours. When your car has finished charging, our message is: move it.” ICE-ing is EV owner-speak for when an internal combustion engine (ICE) car blocks or parks in a charging point space. On EV internet forums, stories of drivers being ICEd abound.

    Clearer signs for electric vehicle charge points are needed to prevent drivers of petrol and diesel cars blocking access, the government has been told. […] It was claimed that the blocking of charge points by internal combustion engine cars — known as spaces being “iced” out — was a serious problem.

  2. To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  3. To kill (in reference to and hypothetically by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).