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DE-ICE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they de-ice ... he / she / it de-ices
Past simple: de-iced
Past participle: de-iced
-ing form: de-icing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make or become free of frost or ice
Example:
Defrost the car window
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "de-ice" is one way to...):
dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw (become or cause to become soft or liquid)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
