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freeze up

verb 4
freeze-up noun 3
forms 5

verb4

•
To be adversely affected by ice, and not function.
- But these precautions lost some of their merit when the L.T. trains themselves became frozen up at depots overnight. — 1962
•
(of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
- Since the last update, the program freezes up after a few minutes of use.
•
(of people and other animals) To stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- Despite all of the rehearsals, as soon as I got on stage I froze up.
To become cold and formal in demeanour.

freeze-up noun3

A period of extremely cold, freezing weather.
The start of the time when surface waters are frozen over.
The blocking of pipes due to freezing.

forms

froze up · frozen up · freezing up · freezes up · freeze-ups

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