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freeze

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

  • Green styles this sequence like the opening credits of a 1970s cop show, freeze-framing on Chris as he leaps over a fence and zooming the titles across the screen.
  • Yes | No | Report from TheEasternShore ... wrote 1 year 1 week ago no, just drag them into the middle if it is iced over then just wait until the pond unfreezes I have started a new pond. I have alot of old christmass trees.
  • While the Cabinet has yet to make final decisions, ministers seemed set to approve a pay freeze.
  • Workers feed them daily a mix of flakes, worms, grasshoppers and freeze-dried shrimp.
  • Folk wisdom tells of the abundance that follows a freeze. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter.
  • Return to the freezer, and then repeat this process about 3-4 times, every 30 minutes, or until all of the granita mixture is formed of ice crystals.
  • (Coincidentally, it apparently freeze-dries into space ice cream very well.) Grist - the Latest from Grist
  • Local governments are responsible for salting and gritting roads as they freeze.
  • Once set, pour on the final layer of juice and refreeze. The Sun
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