Deice (Verb)
Meaning
Make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The airport ground crew worked through the night to deice the planes so they could take off on schedule.
- You need to deice your car windshield before you can drive safely.
- The pilot informed the passengers that there would be a delay while the plane was deiced.
- The cold weather meant the roads needed to be salted and the sidewalks deiced.
- Before flight attendants could open the plane doors, the wings and control surfaces had to be deiced completely.