Sekirov Dictionary

freeze

/ˈfɹiːz/

verb 13
noun 5
forms 8
phrases 7

verb13

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to become ice, or hard like ice, because it is very cold
- The lake froze solid.
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To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Don't freeze meat twice.
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To be affected by extreme cold.
- It's freezing in here!
- Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!
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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. — 1591
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Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
- Since the last update, the program freezes after a few minutes of use.
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Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze as soon as I got on stage.
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To cause someone to become motionless.
- Dr Constantine sniggered and Mrs Hubbard immediately froze him with a glance. — 1934
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To prevent from showing any visible change.
- Pressing the pause button will freeze the video playback.
- Playback will freeze if you pause the video.
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To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.
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To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- The court froze the criminal's bank account.
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Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- The headline promise in the Liberal Democrat manifesto is to freeze rail fares for commuters and season ticket holders for the duration of a Parliament. — 2019
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(figurative) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances.
To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.

noun5

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A period of intensely cold weather.
- In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily. — 2009
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A halt of a regular operation.
- Without a freeze it might be possible to proceed with the production and deployment of such destabilizing systems as the MX, Trident II, cruise missiles and SS-18s, -19s and -20s. — 1982
A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
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.

forms

freezed · frore · froze · frozen · freezing · freezes · freezeth · freezest

Phrases with freeze

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