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freeze

/fɹiz/

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What does freeze mean?

verb

  1. Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
  2. To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
  3. To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
More meanings (17)

verb

  1. (informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
  2. Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
  3. Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
  4. To cause someone to become motionless.
  5. (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
  6. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
  7. To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
  8. Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
  9. To prevent from showing any visible change.
  10. To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.

noun

  1. A period of intensely cold weather.
  2. A halt of a regular operation.
  3. The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
  4. A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
  5. A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
  6. (obsolete) Obsolete form of frieze.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
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IPA pronunciation

/fɹiz/

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One afternoon it began to freeze, and the frost increased with evening, which drew on like a stealthy tightening of bonds.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
But generally at the beginning of the winter they freeze hard, and soon, though undecayed, acquire the color of a baked apple.
Henry David ThoreauWild ApplesProject Gutenberg ebook #4066
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On the last-named soil an abundant winter protection is absolutely necessary, or else the plants will freeze entirely out of the ground.
Edward Payson RoeThe Home AcreProject Gutenberg ebook #5418
They are then folded over, with the damp side in, and put aside where they will not freeze until the next day.
William H. (William Henry) GilderSchwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin RecordsProject Gutenberg ebook #6594