icing

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A sweet, often creamy or sugary mixture used to coat or decorate cakes, pastries, and other baked goods.

• 🇪🇸Mezcla dulce, a menudo cremosa o a base de azúcar, que se usa para cubrir o decorar pasteles, tortas y otros productos de repostería.

1. Sweet topping A2 formal culinary

   A sweet, creamy mixture used to cover or decorate cakes and pastries.

   • She spread chocolate icing on the birthday cake.
   • The baker used a piping bag to apply the icing.
   • I love the vanilla icing on these cupcakes.

   🇪🇸Cobertura dulce

   Sinónimos: frostingglaze

2. Ice formation B2 formal

   A layer of ice that forms on surfaces, especially on aircraft wings or roads.

   • The plane was delayed due to icing on the wings.
   • Icing on the roads made driving dangerous.
   • The pilot checked for icing before takeoff.

   🇪🇸Formación de hielo

   Sinónimos: frostglazeicerime

• icings plural form
• icings' possessive plural form
• icing's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of covering something with ice, cooling something, or (in informal contexts) killing or securing a victory.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que se usa para indicar la acción de cubrir algo con hielo, enfriar algo o, en un contexto informal, matar a alguien o asegurar una victoria.

1. Cover with ice B1 formal

   To become covered with ice or to cause something to become covered with ice.

   • The cold weather iced the roads overnight.
   • The wings of the plane iced up during the storm.
   • The freezing rain iced the trees and power lines.

   🇪🇸cubrir de hielo

   Sinónimos: freezefrostglazeice overice up

   Antónimos: deicemeltthaw

2. Cool with ice A2 informal

   To cool a drink or food by adding ice or placing it on ice.

   • She iced the champagne before the party.
   • Please ice the soda before serving.
   • He iced the cake to keep it fresh.

   🇪🇸Enfriar con hielo

   Sinónimos: chillcoolrefrigerate

   Antónimos: heatwarm

3. Decorate a cake A2 informal

   To cover a cake with icing or frosting.

   • She iced the birthday cake with pink frosting.
   • He spent hours icing the wedding cake.
   • The baker iced the cupcakes with chocolate.

   🇪🇸Cubrir con glaseado

   Sinónimos: frostglaze

4. Kill (slang) C2 slang american

   To murder someone, often used in informal or criminal contexts.

   • The gangster threatened to ice his rival.
   • He was iced in a drive-by shooting.
   • The mob boss ordered his men to ice the informant.

   🇪🇸Asesinar, matar (jerga)

   Sinónimos: assassinatebump offdispatcheliminatehitkillliquidatemurderoffrub outslaysmoketake outterminatewastewhack

• iced past participle
• iced past simple
• icing present participle
• ices third person singular

Variantes phrasal: ice overice up