About The Word Freeze

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Freeze

Freeze Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Freeze?
[n] fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"
[n] an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [n] weather cold enough to cause freezing [n] the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid [v] suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband" [v] anesthetize by cold, as for certain surgical procedures [v] be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" [v] prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [v] stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [v] change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [v] cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" [v] change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" [v] stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" [v] be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo" Synonyms | Synonyms for Freeze: block | freezing | frost | halt | immobilise | immobilize | stop dead | suspend Related Terms | Find terms related to Freeze: abide | anesthetize | anhydrate | appall | arrest | awe | balance | ballast | ban | be cold | be still | bedaze | benumb | besot | bite | bitter weather | blast | blast-freeze | bleak weather | blight | block | blunt | brake | brine | bring to | bring up short | change color | chatter | check | checkmate | chill | chloroform | coast | cold snap | cold wave | cold weather | coldcock | congeal | corn | counterbalance | cure | cut | cut short | dam | deaden | deadlock | debar | dehydrate | depth of winter | desensitize | desiccate | didder | dither | dope | draw rein | drive away | drive out | drug | dry | dry-cure | dry-salt | dull | eject | embalm | eternalize | eternize | etherize | evaporate | exclude | expel | firm | firm up | fix | force out | freeze out | freeze solid | freeze to death | freeze-dry | freezing weather | frost | frostbite | fume | funk | glaciate | glacify | go through | grow cold | grow pale | halt | hard winter | harden | have a chill | have goose pimples | hold | horrify | horripilate | ice | ice over | ice up | immobilization | immobilize | immortalize | irradiate | jerk | kayo | keep | keep alive | keep fresh | keep quiet | kipper | knock out | knock senseless | knock stiff | knock unconscious | KO | lay out | lie still | lose courage | lose heat | marinade | marinate | mark time | monumentalize | mummify | nail down | narcotize | nip | not breathe | not stir | numb | obtund | ostracize | pale | palsy | paralyze | peg | penetrate | perennialize | perish with cold | perpetuate | petrify | pickle | pierce | pin | pin down | preservatize | preserve | preserve from oblivion | pull up | put paid to | put to sleep | quake | quick-freeze | quiver | raw weather | refreeze | refrigerate | regelate | reject | remain | remain motionless | repose | rest | retain | salt | scare stiff | scare to death | season | set | shake | shiver | shock | shudder | smoke | smoke-cure | snap | solidify | stabilitate | stabilize | stalemate | stall | stand | stand fast | stand firm | stand still | stay | stay put | steady | stem | stem the tide | stick | stick fast | stiffen | stop | stop cold | stop dead | stop short | strike dumb | strike terror into | stuff | stun | stupefy | subzero weather | take alarm | take fright | tarry | terrify | transfix | tread water | tremble | turn color | turn pale | winter | wintry weather | wintry wind | zero weather See Also | act | alter | anaesthetise | anaesthetize | anesthetise | anesthetize | behave | break | change | change state | chilling | cold snap | cold spell | cold wave | cold weather | cooling | deep freeze | do | fixate | flash-freeze | freeze-drying | frost | glaciate | hiring freeze | icing | interrupt | keep back | limitation | lyophilisation | lyophilization | pause | phase change | phase transition | physical change | price freeze | put out | put to sleep | put under | quick-freeze | restriction | settle on | solidify | stand still | state change | suffer | temperature reduction | turn | wage freeze | withhold Freeze In Webster's Dictionary \Freeze\, n. (Arch.)
A frieze. [Obs.]
\Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf. {Frost}.] 1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body. Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero. 2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins. {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.] \Freeze\, v. t. 1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life. --Shak. \Freeze\, n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.] \Freeze\, v. t. {To freeze out}, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [Colloq.] A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection. --A. T. Hadley. It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F. Foster. |
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