deice

verb
/diːˈaɪs/

Etymology

From de- + ice.

  1. derived from *h₁eyH- — “ice, frost
  2. inherited from *īsą — “ice
  3. inherited from *īs
  4. inherited from īs
  5. inherited from hyse
  6. formed as deice — “de- + ice

Definitions

  1. To remove ice from (something).

    • They had to move the plane back from the runway to deice the wings before takeoff.
  2. To lose its ice

    To lose its ice; to thaw.

    • Our streets are full of a general sloshiness that lingers and won't go away, as if a glacier is deicing to the north.

The neighborhood

Derived

deicer

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deice. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA