freeze | English to English Dictionary

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freeze

(fr/i/z )

the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid(noun.process)

Synonym:
freezing

source: wordnet30
weather cold enough to cause freezing(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
frost

source: wordnet30
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement(noun.act)

Example:
A nuclear freeze.

Synonym:
halt

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fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level(noun.act)

Example:
A freeze on hiring.

source: wordnet30
A frieze.(noun)

source: webster1913
The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.(noun)

source: webster1913

stop moving or become immobilized(verb.motion)

Synonym:
stop dead

source: wordnet30
change to ice(verb.change)

Antonym:
boil

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be cold(verb.body)

Example:
I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on.

source: wordnet30
cause to freeze(verb.change)

Example:
Freeze the leftover food.

source: wordnet30
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it(verb.change)

Synonym:
suspend

source: wordnet30
be very cold, below the freezing point(verb.weather)

source: wordnet30
change from a liquid to a solid when cold(verb.change)

Example:
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Synonym:
freeze down, freeze out

source: wordnet30
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)(verb.change)

Example:
Freeze the assets of this hostile government.

Synonym:
block, immobilise, immobilize
Antonym:
free, release, unblock, unfreeze

source: wordnet30
anesthetize by cold(verb.body)

source: wordnet30
suddenly behave coldly and formally(verb.body)

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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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.(verb)

source: webster1913