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1. (v.i.) freeze
to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
2. freeze
to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat.
3. freeze
to suffer the effects or sensation of intense cold:
We froze until the heat came on.
4. freeze
to be of the degree of cold at which water freezes:
It may freeze tonight.
5. freeze
to lose warmth of feeling:
My heart froze at the news.
6. freeze
to become speechless or immobilized.
7. freeze
to stop suddenly and remain motionless:
I froze in my tracks.
8. freeze
to become obstructed by the formation of ice:
The water pipes froze.
9. freeze
to die or be injured because of frost or cold.
10. freeze
to become fixed to something by or as if by the action of frost.
11. freeze
to become unfriendly, secretive, or aloof (often fol. by up).
12. freeze
to become temporarily inoperable; cease to function (often fol. by up):
The new software makes my computer freeze.
13. (v.t.) freeze
to change from a fluid to a solid form by loss of heat; congeal.
14. freeze
to form ice on the surface of.
15. freeze
to harden or stiffen (an object containing moisture) by cold.
16. freeze
to quick-freeze.
17. freeze
to subject to freezing temperature.
18. freeze
to cause to suffer the effects of intense cold.
19. freeze
to chill with fear.
20. freeze
to immobilize with fright or alarm.
21. freeze
to kill by frost or cold:
A late snow froze the buds.
22. freeze
to fix fast with ice:
a sled frozen to a sidewalk.
23. freeze
to obstruct or close by the formation of ice:
Cold had frozen the pipes.
24. freeze
to fix (rents, prices, etc.) at a specific amount, usu. by government order.
25. freeze
to stop or limit production, use, or development of:
an agreement to freeze nuclear weapons.
26. freeze
to prevent (assets) from being liquidated or collected.
27. freeze
to render (a part of the body) insensitive to pain or slower in its functioning by artificial means.
28. freeze
to discourage by unfriendly or aloof behavior.
29. freeze
to photograph (a moving subject) at a shutter speed fast enough to produce an unblurred, seemingly motionless image.
30. freeze
to stop by means of a freeze-frame mechanism.
31. freeze
to maintain possession of (a ball or puck) for as long as possible usu. without trying to score.
32. freeze
freeze out, to exclude or compel to withdraw from participation, esp. by cold treatment or severe competition.
33. freeze
freeze over, to become coated with ice.
34. (n.) freeze
an act or instance of freezing.
35. freeze
the state of being frozen.
36. freeze
a period of very cold weather.
37. freeze
a legislative action to control prices, rents, production, etc.
38. freeze
a decision by one or more nations to stop or limit production or development of weapons.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME fresen, OE frēosan)
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| Definition of 'freeze' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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. (verb) 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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1. (verb) freeze
≠ thaw
The puddles had all frozen.; Freeze the bread to make it last longer.
2. freeze
to be very cold
I froze in my thin dress.; hikers who froze to death in the cold
3. freeze
º C (32º F) or lower
It's supposed to freeze tonight.
4. freeze
it freezes
to stop or make stop working as a result of ice
The locks on the car were frozen.; The below-zero temperatures froze the pipes.
5. freeze
(of people) to suddenly stop moving
We all froze at the sound of the scream.
6. freeze
to stop or make a computer stop working temporarily
My screen froze and then crashed.; The video froze my computer.
7. freeze
to keep a number, amount, or level the same as it was
Congressional salaries are to be frozen at last year's levels.
8. freeze
to stop all activity in a bank or investment account
The company froze its pension plan.
9. (noun) freeze
º C (32º F) or lower
a freeze warning for tonight
10. freeze
a period when a number, amount, or level is frozen
a price freeze
11. freeze
a period when an activity is stopped
a freeze on recruitment
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| Definition of 'freeze' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) freeze
a frieze
2. (noun) freeze
the act of congealing, or the state of being congealed
3. (verb) freeze
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
4. (verb) freeze
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
5. (verb) freeze
to congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat
6. (verb) freeze
to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill
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| Definitions of 'freeze' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. freeze
To lock an evolving software distribution or document against
changes so it can be released with some hope of stability. Carries the
strong implication that the item in question will ‘unfreeze’ at
some future date. “OK, fix that bug and we'll freeze for
release.” There are more specific constructions on this term. A
feature freeze, for example, locks
out modifications intended to introduce new features but still allows
bugfixes and completion of existing features; a code freeze connotes no more changes at all.
At Sun Microsystems and elsewhere, one may also hear references to
code slush — that is, an
almost-but-not-quite frozen state.
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Sense: to make into or become ice
It's so cold that the river has frozen over.
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 Afrikaans: vries |
 Arabic: يُجَمِّد |
 Bulgarian: замръзвам |
 Brazilian: congelar |
 Czech: (za)mrznout |
 German: frieren |
 Danish: fryse |
 Greek: παγώνω |
 Spanish: congelar |
 Estonian: jäätama, jäätuma |
 Farsi: یخ بستن |
 Finnish: jäätyä |
 French: geler |
 Hebrew: לִקפּוֹא, לְהַקפִּיא |
 Hindi: जमा देना |
 Croatian: zamrznuti (se) |
 Hungarian: (meg)fagy, befagy |
 Indonesian: membekukan |
 Icelandic: frjósa, frysta |
 Italian: gelare |
 Japanese: 凍る |
 Korean: 얼다 |
 Lithuanian: užšalti |
 Latvian: sasalt; aizsalt; pārvērst |
 Malay: membekukan |
 Dutch: bevriezen |
 Norwegian: fryse (til) |
 Polish: zamarzać, zamrażać |
 Persian: یخ بستن |
 Pashto: په يخى بدلول، كنګل كول يخ |
 Portuguese: congelar |
 Romanian: aîngheţa |
 Russian: замерзать |
 Slovak: (za)mrznúť |
 Slovenian: zamrzniti |
 Serbian: zamrznuti |
 Swedish: frysa, förvandlas till is |
 Thai: ทำให้กลายเป็นน้ำแข็ง |
 Turkish: don(dur)mak |
 Taiwanese: 結冰 |
 Ukrainian: замерзати |
 Urdu: منجمد ہونا یا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: đóng băng |
 Chinese: 结冰 |
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