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# icy

adjective (icy, icier, iciest)

«icy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Icy means covered with ice: an icy road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#m1)
2. Icy means extremely cold: an icy wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#m2)
3. An icy look or voice is very unfriendly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons: icy pavements and roads are slippery, so walk slowly, wear good shoes and never walk on an icy pond or lake because the ice may break. In science: water freezes to ice at 0 degrees Celsius. In stories, an icy stare shows anger or coldness. Phrases: icy roads, icy cold, icy patch.

### Examples

- Be careful, the path is icy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x1)
- An icy wind blew from the north. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x2)
- The car slid on the icy road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x3)
- Never walk on an icy pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x4)
- The water in the lake was icy cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x5)
- She gave him an icy look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x6)
- My fingers were icy after the snowball fight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x7)
- Grit is put on icy roads to make them less slippery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x8)
- An icy hand passed over her head and face, and down towards her heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/#x9)

### Note

Comparative: icier, iciest (y changes to i). Comes from ice + y (the e is dropped). In maths/science: icy conditions are when the temperature is at or below 0 °C.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «icy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«icy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/icy.html) on Mova free.