freeze
freeze
fri:z
friz
/friːz/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "freeze"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϜāĻŽāĻž

to become hard or turn to ice because of reaching or going below 0° Celsius
Intransitive
to freeze definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rain that fell during the cold snap froze on contact with the ground.
āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āχ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŽāĻž

to cause something to become solid or turn into ice by reducing its temperature
Transitive: to freeze a liquid
to freeze definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last night 's frost froze the dew on the grass.
āĻ—āϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ āϘāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϰāϕ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻžāϟ āĻŦ⧇āρāϧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to feel extremely cold
Intransitive
to freeze definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Exposed to the elements, the mountaineer was freezing on the summit.
āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ⧋āĻšā§€ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϰ⧇ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of the weather) to be very cold
Intransitive
to freeze definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cold front moved in, causing it to freeze across the region, even during the daytime.
āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ“ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to store food products at a very low temperature to maintain their freshness and quality
Transitive: to freeze food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Farmers freeze fruits and vegetables at peak ripeness to preserve their flavor and nutrients.
āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĢāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to suddenly stop moving or become immobilized due to fear, shock, or surprise
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The loud crash startled him, causing him to freeze in place, his heart pounding in his chest.
āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧁āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϧ⧁āĻ•āϧ⧁āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to look at or treat someone with disapproval, disdain, or indifference
Transitive: to freeze sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The room fell silent as the teacher froze the misbehaving student with a stern look.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ⧁ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to legally prevent money, property, or a bank account from being used or sold
Transitive: to freeze a property or bank account
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In cases of suspected fraud, banks have the authority to freeze accounts to prevent further unauthorized transactions.
āϜāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āϞ⧇āύāĻĻ⧇āύ āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to stop a movie or video to look at a particular frame
Transitive: to freeze a movie or video
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She paused the video player to freeze the frame showing the suspect entering the building, hoping to gather more clues.
āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āφāϰāĻ“ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of software) to stop working properly and no longer respond to actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The screen froze, and I could n’t click anything.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāύ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
01

āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

an interruption or temporary suspension of progress, activity, or movement
freeze definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Negotiations hit a freeze due to disagreements between the parties.
āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŽāϤāĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ, āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ

weather conditions cold enough to cause freezing
freeze definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A hard freeze overnight killed the garden plants.
āϰāĻžāϤāĻ­āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ

the act of fixing prices, wages, or other values at a particular level
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a freeze on salaries during the economic downturn.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ⧀āĻ•āϰāĻŖ

the process of withdrawing heat to change a substance from liquid to solid
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rapid freeze preserves food better than slow cooling.
āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻļā§€āϤāϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§‹!, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϞ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋!

used as a command to halt or stop someone or something immediately
freeze definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Freeze! Nobody moves until we assess the situation.
āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§‹! āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧇āω āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤

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