break the ice
71break — 1. v. & n. v. (past broke or archaic brake; past part. broken or archaic broke) 1 tr. & intr. a separate into pieces under a blow or strain; shatter. b make or become inoperative, esp. from damage (the toaster has broken). c break a bone in or… …
72break — Synonyms and related words: abeyance, about ship, about face, abrade, abrasion, abscond, abysm, abyss, accidentality, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodation, accustom, actuarial calculation, adapt, adaptation, adjust, adjustment,… …
73ice — ice1 W3S2 [aıs] n [: Old English; Origin: is] 1.) [U] water that has frozen into a solid state →↑icy ▪ Would you like some ice in your drink? ▪ Her hands were as cold as ice. ▪ Spring flowers pushed through the slowly melting ice. ▪ The city… …
74break up phrasal — verb 1 BREAK INTO PIECES (I, T) to break or make something break into many small pieces: The stricken tanker began to break up on the rocks. (break sth up): Jim started to break the ice up on the frozen lake. 2 SEPARATE (transitive break… …
75break — v 1. smash, shatter, batter, beat, crash; fracture, fragmentize, splinter, shiver, tear, chip, crack, snap; split, rend, reave, tear apart, wrench apart, pull to pieces; cleave, sunder, disjoint, cut off, break off, sever; crush, grind, pulverize …
76ice — /aɪs / (say uys) noun 1. the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water. 2. the frozen surface of a body of water. 3. any substance resembling this: camphor ice. 4. ice cream. 5. a frozen dessert made of sweetened water and fruit… …
77ice — [[t]aɪs[/t]] n. v. iced, ic•ing 1) mer the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water 2) mer the frozen surface of a body of water 3) any substance resembling frozen water: camphor ice[/ex] 4) a frozen dessert made of sweetened water …
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79break — {{11}}break (n.) c.1300, act of breaking, from BREAK (Cf. break) (v.). Sense of short interval between spells of work (originally between lessons at school) is from 1861. Meaning stroke of luck is attested by 1911, probably an image from… …
80ice — {{11}}ice (n.) O.E. is ice (also the name of the rune for i ), from P.Gmc. *isa (Cf. O.N. iss, O.Fris. is, Du. ijs, Ger. Eis), with no certain cognates beyond Germanic, though possible relatives are Avestan aexa frost, ice, isu frosty, icy;… …