Deice

//diːˈaɪs// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the ice from something. transitive

    "They had to move the plane back from the runway to de-ice the wings before takeoff."

  2. 2
    make or become free of frost or ice wordnet
  3. 3
    To lose its ice; to thaw. intransitive

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
de-icedefrostdefrost

Example

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"They had to move the plane back from the runway to de-ice the wings before takeoff."

Etymology

From de- + ice.

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