(~s, icing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Ice is frozen water.
Glaciers are moving rivers of ~...
...a bitter lemon with ~.
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2.
If you ~ a cake, you cover it with icing.
I’ve ~d and decorated the cake.
VERB: V n
3.
see also ~d , icing
4.
If you break the ~ at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
PHRASE: V inflects
see also ~-breaker
5.
If you say that something cuts no ~ with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
That sort of romantic attitude cuts no ~ with money-men.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n
6.
If someone puts a plan or project on ~, they delay doing it.
The deal was put on ~ for three months...
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR
7.
If you say that someone is on thin ~ or is skating on thin ~, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences.
I had skated on thin ~ and, so far, got away with it.
PHRASE