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to deice

to deice

1 6.7
To remove ice from something, for example a car or plane
  • verb
  • /diːˈaɪs/
translation icon : deshelar
  • The ground crew was busy deicing the runway to prevent accidents caused by ice buildup.

Examples

  • Road crews in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene said they are prepared and have been busy deicing over the past two days.

    Blog text (17)

  • Deicing the MAC biz jet took less than 10 minutes and was completed just as C.R. and Sammy assumed their driving positions in the cockpit.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The workers need to deice the airplane before takeoff to ensure safe flying conditions.

  • As winter approaches, airlines prepare their equipment to deice planes promptly during heavy snowfall.

Synonyms

to defrost
vsto deice
20 1.7

Make ice melt or remove ice from something

refers only to actively removing ice from things, often vehicles or aircraft
to de-ice
vsto deice
4.3

To remove ice from a car or plane

has identical meaning but is written without a hyphen

Surface Forms

deice infinitive
deiced past
deiced past participle
deicing present participle
deices third person singular

Morphology

deice = ice (transparent) = de + ice

This is a standard and readily interpretable verb meaning 'remove ice from' built from the noun 'ice' with privative 'de-'.

Etymology

Deice comes from the parts de- and ice, where de- means 'remove' and ice means 'frozen water', like in defrost. So, to deice something is to take the ice off it.