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deice

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /diːˈaɪs/
  • rhymes with -aɪs

1

verb

Meaning 1

To remove ice from (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • They had to move the plane back from the runway to deice the wings before takeoff.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To lose its ice; to thaw.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

make or become free of frost or ice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Defrost the car window

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: defrost, de-ice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h1eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h1eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice English deice From de- + ice.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: размразявам (razmrazjavam) — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Bulgarian: размразя (razmrazja) — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Czech: odmrazit — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Danish: afise — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Danish: afisning — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Esperanto: senglaciigi — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Finnish: poistaa jää — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • French: déglacer — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • German: enteisen — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Irish: dí-oighrigh — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Italian: sghiacciare — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Spanish: deshielar — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Spanish: deshelar — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)
  • Swedish: avisa — (transitive) to remove ice from (something)