to ice
- verb
- /aɪs/
- Vlog is currently uploading, so it is time to ice and decorate the cake.
- ice the cake
- ice the cookies
- ice the cupcakes
You get your palette knife, you put your cake on it, and instead of trying to go around like this, you can spin it while you ice it.
- You get your palette knife, you put your cake on it, and instead of trying to go around like this, you can spin it while you ice it.
- I'm going to make the flesh colored, the Santa skin now and then we're going to ice this thing up.
Examples
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Eli, you want to help us ice the cake?
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Jittery-fingered, Sarah iced his cake thickly to hide its nut-riddled surface and stabbed it with 52 candles.
Fiction book (2000) -
Just go ahead and ice it on there as much as you choose.
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-What am I gonna ice the cake with ?
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I completely forgot how fun it was to ice them any way you wanted.
Blog text (29) -
This should make plenty to ice all the rolls if you go ahead and make them all.
Blog text (8) -
Now we're going to put on some strawberry icing to ice this baby up, and then that's it.
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Gertie iced the honey heart with pink frosting.
Fiction book (2001) -
I iced ours with a thinned-down version of my Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting.
Blog text (8) -
Can you help me ice this cake with chocolate frosting?
Synonyms
To put sweet icing on a cake or cupcake
Idioms
Stay alert and ready to move, like resting a hockey stick on the ice
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Say or do something that makes people feel less nervous and start talking
Compounds
A thick layer of ice and snow that always covers large land areas like the poles or mountain tops
- Specialized
A very cold solid made from carbon dioxide used to keep things frozen and make white fog
A team sport on ice where players use sticks to hit a puck into the other team's goal
A cold sweet dessert made from milk and strawberries, often with small fruit pieces
- Specialized
A tool with a sharp point and flat blade that cuts steps in ice and helps climbers stay safe
A waterproof bag filled with ice that you put on your body to cool it and reduce swelling
- Specialized
Frozen water below the ground that forms when water in soil freezes in very cold places
Ice cream with three or more side-by-side layers of different flavors like vanilla, chocolate and strawberry
How Covered
Surface Forms
Etymology
To ice a cake (as a verb) comes from the noun ice for the smooth topping, so to ice is to 'cover' a baked good with a sweet layer. This keeps the same idea of making a surface smooth and shiny.