deice

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English

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Etymology

From de- +‎ ice.

Pronunciation

Verb

deice (third-person singular simple present deices, present participle deicing, simple past and past participle deiced)

  1. (transitive) To remove the ice from something.
    They had to move the plane back from the runway to de-ice the wings before takeoff.
    • 2020 May 6, “Advertisement feature: Preparing for climate change”, in Rail, page 43:
      The second strategy is to develop specific care and maintenance rules that will need to be strictly followed by the system operator - including the use of specialised machines to clear the permanent way of snowfall, to de-ice the rail grooves and the running of non-revenue services at night to prevent ice formation on the OCL [overhead contact lines].
  2. (intransitive) To lose its ice; to thaw.
    • 1996, Jan Karon, A light in the window:
      Our streets are full of a general sloshiness that lingers and won't go away, as if a glacier is deicing to the north.

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

deice f sg

  1. genitive singular of deic

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deice dheice ndeice
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Latin

Verb

dēice

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēiciō

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

deice f sg

  1. genitive singular of deic

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
deice dheice
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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