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Definition of Freeze out
1. Verb. Change from a liquid to a solid when cold. "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Related verbs: Freeze
Generic synonyms: Solidify
Derivative terms: Freezing
Definition of Freeze out
1. Verb. To forcibly remove or exclude. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freeze Out
Literary usage of Freeze out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"... then the education, and then the apportionment, are to freeze out all other
subjects which have been made special orders for a particular evening. ..."
2. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"What would freeze out would be pure ice, and this would continue freezing out
... If we could withdraw still more of the salt, more ice would freeze out, ..."
3. The Lyon Campaign in Missouri: Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry by Eugene Fitch Ware (1907)
"No money was used, nor was there any acquisitive gambling, but all controversies
were settled by freeze-out. It was when the tobacco came down from Mr. Gear ..."
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