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to put ice in

to put ice in

1 1.0
Add ice cubes to a drink to make it cold
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : poner hielo en
  • Penny puts ice in her glass.
  • put ice in a glass

Examples

  • She decided to put ice in her cocktail to make it refreshing.

  • Sometimes he even puts ice in the water, but today the water was warm.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Hope was putting ice in the glasses when Sharon came in the door.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I always put ice in my lemonade to keep it cool.

  • He quickly put ice in his drink after realizing it was too warm.

Synonyms

to ice
vsto put ice in
19 2.5

To put ice or a cold pack on an injured part of the body to reduce swelling

adds cold specifically to a drink rather than to a body or other object

Antonyms

to de-ice
4.3

To remove ice from a car or plane

How Cold

to ice
19 2.5
to put ice in
1 1.0
to chill
84 1.0
to cool
256 1.0

Surface Forms

put ice in infinitive
put ice in past
put ice in past participle
putting ice in present participle
puts ice in third person singular

Morphology

put + ice + in

The meaning 'to add ice cubes to a drink' is directly and compositionally derived from 'put' (place) + 'ice' (frozen water) + 'in' (inside), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the action. This is a common, literal verb + object + preposition construction found across languages, making the phrase immediately transparent to learners.

Etymology

Put ice in The verb put ice in comes from the simple action of put ice in a glass so the drink becomes cold. So, it means 'add ice to make a drink cold'.