adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an icy/biting/bitter wind (= very cold )
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She shivered in the icy wind.
cold/icy contempt (= that shows in a very unfriendly way )
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I noticed the icy contempt in his voice.
freezing/icy cold
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Take your gloves – it’s freezing cold out there.
icy patches (= on a road )
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Some icy patches are likely on roads as temperatures drop tonight.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blast
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For letterboxes, look out for seals with brushes which will prevent an icy blast when the post is delivered.
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We sat in the icy blast and ordered pizza.
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Cold air or icy blasts may cause chapping.
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She shrank inwards as an icy blast of air enveloped her.
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She got out and shivered in an icy blast which struck right through her anorak.
cold
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She found she was shivering as if she were icy cold .
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Paul D felt icy cold in the place Sethe had been before Beloved came.
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My chest felt icy cold and I had difficulty in breathing.
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The next day was icy cold .
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It seemed to her that her heart had been crushed in metal hands, icy cold and shining.
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Her sharp nose was icy cold and her face wet with rain.
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Jim shuddered, and not from the icy cold which now knotted his every muscle.
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Winter was exceptionally hard: icy cold and damp, all life arrested.
road
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A modest dusting on icy roads and pavements would eliminate slipping and sliding without all those expensive tons of sand and salt.
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In winter, workmen put a mixture of salt and grit on icy roads to stop cars skidding.
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When workmen put salt on icy roads , the salt makes the ice melt and so the roads become safer for cars.
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Horses drawing guns slithered helplessly on the icy road , ambulances full of wounded skidded into ditches.
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Orders are orders, and I don't give a rat's fart about mumbling monks, icy roads or cold journeys.
water
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He stepped gingerly into the Five Lions River, knelt down, and splashed icy water all over himself.
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Back at the East Bathhouse we prowled the corridors and showered in icy water .
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Johanna Young's semi-naked body was found floating in the icy water after a four-day search.
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I held him under the spigot and squeezed his chest as the icy water ran over him.
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Thérèse held it for her, burning her fingers even as the icy water dripped over them.
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My master manoeuvred himself round, using his hand to scoop out the icy water , shouting at me to pole faster.
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They came with noses and lips blue and numb, and fingers stiff and swollen from the icy water .
waters
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There's nothing more enjoyable than diving under the icy waters in search of tasty titbits.
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Susan Bate, 20, struggled in the icy waters of the Solent off Southsea, Hants, for 20 minutes.
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Fur seals and sea lions are restricted to the Bering Strait area and seldom enter icy waters .
wind
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An icy wind howled and a great wall of snow bore down upon them.
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She felt an icy wind howl over her, a graveyard stench enter her throat, a chill finger touch her cheek.
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It is often their only protection against the icy winds of winter.
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Through her fingers Tallis could hear the horses protesting against the growing, icy wind .
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It snowed again in the night, on an icy wind .
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Cold icy winds swept under the gaps of cottage doors rattling them fiercely.
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It was cold, too, an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Be careful - the roads are icy this morning.
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Despite the icy ground, he was urging his horse on faster and faster.
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Her question got an icy response from the chairman.
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The sidewalks were icy and slippery.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But as it moves southward the icy air moderates.
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Cold icy winds swept under the gaps of cottage doors rattling them fiercely.
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During most of these four hundred years of capitalism, Western capital and labor were locked in an icy kiss.
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I held him under the spigot and squeezed his chest as the icy water ran over him.
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My heart leapt into action so fast it was like being flung in an icy swim-ming pool.
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None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter.
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Though a gust of icy wind made his eyes water, blurring the caller's features, he knew them well enough.
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Winded, her face crushed against the soft warmth of his coat, she felt icy breath whispering over her forehead.