1. (noun)freeze, freezing the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
2. (noun)freeze, frost weather cold enough to cause freezing
3. (noun)freeze, halt an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
4. (noun)freeze fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level "a freeze on hiring"
5. (verb)freeze, stop dead stop moving or become immobilized "When he saw the police car he froze"
6. (verb)freeze change to ice "The water in the bowl froze"
7. (verb)freeze be cold "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
8. (verb)freeze cause to freeze "Freeze the leftover food"
9. (verb)freeze, suspend stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
10. (verb)freeze be very cold, below the freezing point "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
11. (verb)freeze, freeze out, freeze down change from a liquid to a solid when cold "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
12. (verb)freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
13. (verb)freeze anesthetize by cold
14. (verb)freeze suddenly behave coldly and formally "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
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