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A mixture of sugar with water, egg white, or butter, used as a coating for cakes or biscuits
“Keep the icing in a bowl, covered with a damp paper towel and a layer of plastic wrap.”
The act or state of liquid freezing
“Each year, with the onset of winter, we of the Great Lakes region experience the annual problem of the icing of the lake waters.”
Icing
Killing or executing
“Niko Bellic associated with many shady characters who would often ask him to ice their rivals on their behalf.”
Present participle for to become frozen
“It's winter and soon, the lake will ice over and we can then get our skates out again.”
Present participle for to cool with ice
“You'd best ice your bruise so it doesn't swell up.”
(of cakes, tarts, etc.) Present participle for to cover with icing (frosting)
“My mother would ice the birthday cake in glorious thick royal frosting piled up like drifts of snow.”
Present participle for to perform an act that ensures success or victory
“Stephan would ice the game with another of his long bombs in the dying seconds.”
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