Definition of Freeze

1. Verb. Stop moving or become immobilized. "When he saw the police car he froze"

Exact synonyms: Stop Dead
Specialized synonyms: Fixate, Settle On
Generic synonyms: Stand Still

2. Noun. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid.

3. Verb. Change to ice. "The water freezes "; "The water in the bowl froze"
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Specialized synonyms: Glaciate
Entails: Solidify
Related verbs: Freeze Down, Freeze Out
Antonyms: Boil
Derivative terms: Freezing

4. Noun. Weather cold enough to cause freezing.
Exact synonyms: Frost
Generic synonyms: Cold Weather
Derivative terms: Frost, Frosty

5. Verb. Be cold. "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
Generic synonyms: Suffer

6. Noun. An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement. "A nuclear freeze"
Exact synonyms: Halt
Generic synonyms: Pause
Derivative terms: Halt, Halt, Halt

7. Verb. Cause to freeze. "The chefs freeze the vegetables"; "Freeze the leftover food"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Deep Freeze, Ice, Flash-freeze, Quick-freeze
Derivative terms: Freezer, Freezing

8. Noun. Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level. "A freeze on hiring"
Generic synonyms: Limitation, Restriction
Specialized synonyms: Hiring Freeze, Price Freeze, Wage Freeze

9. Verb. Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
Exact synonyms: Suspend
Generic synonyms: Break, Interrupt
Derivative terms: Suspension, Suspension, Suspension

10. Verb. Be very cold, below the freezing point. "It was freezeing all day long "; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
Derivative terms: Freezing

11. Verb. Change from a liquid to a solid when cold. "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
Exact synonyms: Freeze Down, Freeze Out
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Solidify
Derivative terms: Freezing

12. Verb. Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). "They freeze the money "; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
Exact synonyms: Block, Immobilise, Immobilize
Generic synonyms: Keep Back, Withhold
Antonyms: Unblock, Unfreeze

13. Verb. Anesthetize by cold.

14. Verb. Suddenly behave coldly and formally. "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
Generic synonyms: Act, Behave, Do

Definition of Freeze

1. n. A frieze.

2. 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.

3. v. t. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.

4. n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.

Definition of Freeze

1. Noun. A period of intensely cold weather. ¹

2. Noun. (curling) 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. ¹

3. Noun. A halt of a regular operation. ¹

4. Noun. (context: specifically in finance) A block on pay rises. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive informal) To be affected by extreme cold. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To become motionless. ¹

10. Verb. (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Freeze

1. to become hardened into a solid body by loss of heat [v FROZE, FROZEN, FREEZING, FREEZES]

Medical Definition of Freeze

1. 1. 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. Water freezes at 32 deg above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40 deg below zero. 2. 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. To freeze up ( Origin: OE. Fresen, freosen, AS. Freosan; akin to D. Vriezen, OHG. Iosan, G. Frieren, Icel. Frjsa, Sw. Frysa, Dan. Fryse, Goth. Frius cold, frost, and prob. To L. Prurire to itch, E. Prurient, cf. L. Prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. Prushva ice, prush to spirt. 18. Cf. Frost. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Freeze

freewheelers
freewheelin'
freewheeling
freewheelingly
freewheels
freewill
freewoman
freewrite
freewrites
freewriting
freewritings
freewritten
freewrote
freezable
freezables
freeze (current term)
freeze-dried
freeze-dry
freeze-drying
freeze cleavage
freeze down
freeze etch
freeze etching
freeze fracture
freeze fracturing
freeze frame
freeze off
freeze out
freeze pop
freeze pops

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