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Quick definitions from WordNet (freeze)
▸ noun: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level ("A freeze on hiring")
▸ noun: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement ("A nuclear freeze")
▸ noun: weather cold enough to cause freezing
▸ noun: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
▸ verb: anesthetize by cold
▸ verb: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) ("Freeze the assets of this hostile government")
▸ verb: be very cold, below the freezing point
▸ verb: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
▸ verb: change to ice
▸ verb: cause to freeze ("Freeze the leftover food")
▸ verb: change from a liquid to a solid when cold ("Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit")
▸ verb: be cold ("I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on")
▸ verb: suddenly behave coldly and formally
▸ verb: stop moving or become immobilized
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8141)
▸ Also see frozen
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to freeze
▸ Usage examples for freeze
▸ Popular adjectives describing freeze
▸ Words that often appear near freeze
▸ Rhymes of freeze
▸ Invented words related to freeze
▸ noun: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level ("A freeze on hiring")
▸ noun: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement ("A nuclear freeze")
▸ noun: weather cold enough to cause freezing
▸ noun: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
▸ verb: anesthetize by cold
▸ verb: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) ("Freeze the assets of this hostile government")
▸ verb: be very cold, below the freezing point
▸ verb: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
▸ verb: change to ice
▸ verb: cause to freeze ("Freeze the leftover food")
▸ verb: change from a liquid to a solid when cold ("Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit")
▸ verb: be cold ("I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on")
▸ verb: suddenly behave coldly and formally
▸ verb: stop moving or become immobilized
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8141)
▸ Also see frozen
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to freeze
▸ Usage examples for freeze
▸ Popular adjectives describing freeze
▸ Words that often appear near freeze
▸ Rhymes of freeze
▸ Invented words related to freeze