ether vs ice

ether

noun
  • Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic. 

  • The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness. 

  • Starting fluid. 

  • The medium breathed by human beings; the air. 

  • A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura. 

  • Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups. 

  • The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace. 

  • Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955). 

verb
  • To viciously humiliate or insult. 

ice

noun
  • Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs. 

  • Water in frozen (solid) form. 

  • An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny. 

  • A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar. 

  • One or more diamonds and jewelry, especially blood diamonds. 

  • Any substance having the appearance of ice. 

  • Money paid as a bribe. 

  • The area where a game of ice hockey is played. 

  • Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market. 

  • Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. 

  • Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant. 

verb
  • To become ice; to freeze. 

  • To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc. 

  • To make icy; to freeze. 

  • To put out a team for a match. 

  • To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing. 

  • To murder. 

  • To cool with ice, as a beverage. 

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