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Meaning of 'freeze' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Freeze [ n.]
- A frieze.
- The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
2 . Freeze [ v. i.]
- 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.
- 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.
3 . Freeze [ v. t.]
- To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

Meaning of 'freeze' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . freeze [ n]
Meaning (1):
- fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
Example in sentence:
  • a freeze on hiring
Meaning (2):
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
Example in sentence:
  • a halt in the arms race;
  • a nuclear freeze
3 . freeze [ v]
Meaning (3):
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Example in sentence:
  • Blocked funds;
  • Freeze the assets of this hostile government
Meaning (4):
- cause to freeze
Example in sentence:
  • Freeze the leftover food
Meaning (5):
- be cold
Example in sentence:
  • I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on
Meaning (6):
- be very cold, below the freezing point
Example in sentence:
  • It is freezing in Kalamazoo
Meaning (7):
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
Example in sentence:
  • She froze when she saw her ex-husband
Meaning (8):
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
Example in sentence:
  • Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
Meaning (9):
- change to ice
Example in sentence:
  • The water in the bowl froze
Meaning (10):
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
Example in sentence:
  • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Meaning (11):
- stop moving or become immobilized
Example in sentence:
  • When he saw the police car he froze

Nearby Words:

freak freaked freaking freakish freck freckle freckled freckledness freckling freckly

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