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ic·y  (s)
adj. ic·i·er, ic·i·est
1. Containing or covered with ice: an icy road.
2. Bitterly cold; freezing: an icy day. See Synonyms at cold.
3.
a. Resembling ice: icy fingers.
b. Chilling in manner: an icy stare; icy detachment.

ici·ly adv.
ici·ness n.

icy [ˈaɪsɪ]
adj icier, iciest
1. made of, covered with, or containing ice
2. resembling ice
3. freezing or very cold
4. cold or reserved in manner; aloof
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.icy - devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
cold - extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
2.icy - extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
3.icy - covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters"
frozen - turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook"
4.icy - shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"
shiny, glazed - having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts"

icy
adjective
1. cold, freezing, bitter, biting, raw, chill, chilling, arctic, chilly, frosty, glacial, ice-cold, frozen over, frost-bound An icy wind blew across the moor.
cold hot, warm, boiling, blistering, sizzling
2. slippery, glassy, slippy (informal or dialect), like a sheet of glass, rimy an icy road
Translations
icy [ˈaɪsɪ] ADJ (icier (compar) (iciest (superl)))
1. (= covered with ice) [road, ground] → helado, cubierto de hielo
the icy conditions caused accidentslas heladas provocaron accidentes
I don't like driving when it's icyno me gusta conducir cuando hiela
2. (= freezing) [air, wind, weather] → glacial; [hand, water] → helado
the water was icy coldel agua estaba helada
it's icy cold out hereaquí fuera hace un frío glacial
3. (fig) (= cold) [stare, silence, tone, reception] → glacial

icy [ˈaɪsi] adj
(= very cold) → glacé(e)
The water was icy → L'eau était glacée. icy cold
[road] → verglacé(e)
The roads are icy
BUT Il y a du verglas sur les routes.Les routes sont verglacées.
[weather, temperature, wind] → glacial(e)
There was an icy wind → Il y avait un vent glacial.
icy cold adjglacé(e)

icy
adj (+er)
(= ice-covered) road, pavementvereist; the icy conditions on the roadsdas Glatteis auf den Straßen; when it’s icybei Glatteis
(= freezing cold) air, wind, river, hands, feeteiskalt, eisig; icy cold (water, weather)eiskalt, eisig; drinkeiskalt, eisgekühlt
(fig) stareeisig; tone, reception, silencefrostig

icy [ˈaɪsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (road, hand) → ghiacciato/a; (weather, temperature, stare) → gelido/a
it's icy cold → si gela

icy ice
icy جليدى ledový iskold eisig παγωμένος gélido jäinen glacé leden ghiacciato 氷で覆われた 얼음의 ijzig iset lodowaty congelado ледяной isig เย็นจัด buzlu phủ băng 结冰的


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Often he took to the rim-ice that was beginning to form, and more than once he crashed through and struggled for life in the icy current.
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night
The limit of this evil time had arrived only when, on the dawn of a winter's morning, Peter Quint was found, by a laborer going to early work, stone dead on the road from the village: a catastrophe explained-- superficially at least--by a visible wound to his head; such a wound as might have been produced--and as, on the final evidence, HAD been-- by a fatal slip, in the dark and after leaving the public house, on the steepish icy slope, a wrong path altogether, at the bottom of which he lay.
 
 
 
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