freeze
Nouns
- (n) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid freezing,
- (n) weather cold enough to cause freezing frost,
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(n) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- a halt in the arms race
- a nuclear freeze
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(n) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
- a freeze on hiring
Verbs
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(v) stop moving or become immobilized
- When he saw the police car he froze
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(v) change to ice
- The water in the bowl froze
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(v) be cold
- I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on
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(v) cause to freeze
- Freeze the leftover food
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(v) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
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(v) be very cold, below the freezing point
- It is freezing in Kalamazoo
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(v) change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
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(v) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- Blocked funds
- Freeze the assets of this hostile government
- (v) anesthetize by cold
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(v) suddenly behave coldly and formally
- She froze when she saw her ex-husband