| icicle |
An icicle is a long, thin piece of ice that hangs from something. You often see icicles hanging from a roof when there is snow on it. An icicle is made when snow or ice melts and begins to drip off something. But then the temperature gets cold again and the drops of water freeze. |
| icing |
Icing is something very sweet that we use to cover a cake, cookies, or other baked things. Icing is made mostly of sugar. |
| icon |
An icon is a very small drawing that is used as a symbol of something. Icons are used on telephone or computer screens. When you tap or click on an icon, the computer does some action for you. For example, an icon that looks like a camera lets you go to where you can take a picture or look at photos on your phone. [2 definitions] |
| icy |
Ice is water that is frozen. When something is icy, it is covered with ice, or it contains ice or is made of ice. |
| Idaho |
Idaho is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Idaho is ID. |
| idea |
An idea is a thought or picture that you have in your mind. [2 definitions] |
| identify |
When you identify something, you name or prove what something is. When you identify a person, you say or prove who that person is. |
| if |
Let's imagine that your mom says, "If you finish your vegetables, you can have ice cream." This means that two things are possible. You can finish your vegetables and get ice cream, or you can leave your vegetables and not get ice cream. [3 definitions] |
| igloo |
An igloo is a type of home. It is made of blocks of hard snow. Some groups of people who live in very cold places on earth make igloos to live in or to stay for a while. Sometimes igloos are connected with each other by tunnels and they make a small village. |
| ignore |
When you ignore something, you know that it is there but you don't give it any attention. |
| I'll |
I'll is a short way to say or write "I will." |
| ill |
When someone is ill, it means that they are sick or something is very wrong with their body. If someone is very ill, they usually can't get out of bed. |
| illegal |
When something is illegal, the law says you cannot do it. If a driver does not stop when a traffic light is red, they are doing something illegal. |
| Illinois |
Illinois is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Illinois is IL. |
| illness |
When someone has an illness, it means that they are sick. When people have an illness, they feel bad and often have to stay in bed. Maybe they even have to go to the hospital. |
| illustrate |
When you illustrate something, you make it more clear or easier to understand by giving examples or a picture. [2 definitions] |
| illustration |
An illustration is a picture that you see in a book. An illustration helps you understand something that the book is talking about, or it is there just to make the book more fun to read and look at. |
| I'm |
I'm is a short way to say or write "I am." |
| image |
An image is a picture of a person or thing. Drawings and photographs are some kinds of images. [2 definitions] |
| imaginary |
When something is imaginary, it is in your mind but it is not real. |
| imagination |
Your imagination is the power you have to think of or make something completely new. When you use your imagination, you use your mind to make up a story, or form a picture, or think of a new idea. |