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freeze
to chill, congeal, or become ice: freeze the leftovers
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freeze
(frēz)v. froze (frōz), fro·zen (frō′zən), freez·ing, freez·es
v.intr.
1.
a. To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
b. To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold: The lake froze over in January. Bridges freeze before the adjacent roads.
2. To become clogged or jammed because of the formation of ice: The pipes froze in the basement.
3. To be at that degree of temperature at which ice forms: It may freeze tonight.
4. To be killed or harmed by cold or frost: They almost froze to death. Mulch keeps garden plants from freezing.
5. To be or feel uncomfortably cold: Aren't you freezing without a coat?
6.
a. To become fixed, stuck, or attached by or as if by frost: The lock froze up with rust.
b. To stop functioning properly, usually temporarily: My computer screen froze when I opened the infected program.
7.
a. To become motionless or immobile, as from surprise or attentiveness: I heard a sound and froze in my tracks.
b. To become unable to act or speak, as from fear: froze in front of the audience.
8. To become rigid and inflexible; solidify: an opinion that froze into dogma.
v.tr.
1.
a. To convert into ice.
b. To cause ice to form upon.
c. To cause to congeal or stiffen from extreme cold: winter cold that froze the ground.
2. To preserve (foods, for example) by subjecting to freezing temperatures.
3. To damage, kill, or make inoperative by cold or by the formation of ice.
4. To make very cold; chill.
5. To immobilize, as with fear or shock.
6. To chill with an icy or formal manner: froze me with one look.
7. To stop the motion or progress of: The negotiations were frozen by the refusal of either side to compromise; froze the video in order to discuss the composition of the frame.
8.
a. To fix (prices or wages, for example) at a given or current level.
b. To prohibit further manufacture or use of.
c. To prevent or restrict the exchange, withdrawal, liquidation, or granting of by governmental action: freeze investment loans during a depression; froze foreign assets held by US banks.
9. To anesthetize by chilling.
10. Sports To keep possession of (a ball or puck) so as to deny an opponent the opportunity to score.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1.
a. The act of freezing.
b. The state of being frozen.
2. A spell of cold weather; a frost.
3. A restriction that forbids a quantity from rising above a given or current level: a freeze on city jobs; a proposed freeze on the production of nuclear weapons.
freeze out
Idiom: To shut out or exclude, as by cold or unfriendly treatment: The others tried to freeze me out of the conversation.
freeze (someone's) blood
To affect with terror or dread; horrify: a scream that froze my blood.
freez′a·ble adj.
Word History: Describing the landscape of Hell in Book II of Paradise Lost, Milton depicts "a frozen Continent ... beat with perpetual storms ... the parching Air Burns frore, and cold performs th' effect of Fire." It is evident from these lines that frore has some relationship to frozen, but what exactly is it? The Modern English paradigm for the verb freeze is freeze, froze, frozen, with a z throughout. However, in Old English, the principal parts were frēosan, frēas, froren. The r in the past participle froren is from a prehistoric s that became r by Verner's Law, a sound shift that changed s in certain positions into r. (The effects of Verner's Law can also be seen in such Modern English pairs as was and were, and lose and (love-)lorn.) During the Middle English period, a new past participle frosen was created using the s from the first two principal parts; this survives as frozen nowadays. The older participle, spelled froren or frore in Middle English, lived on as a poetic word for "cold," but well before Milton's day it had become archaic in the standard language.
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freeze
(friːz)vb, freezes, freezing, froze (frəʊz) or frozen (ˈfrəʊzən)
1. to change (a liquid) into a solid as a result of a reduction in temperature, or (of a liquid) to solidify in this way, esp to convert or be converted into ice
2. (when: intr, sometimes foll by over or up) to cover, clog, or harden with ice, or become so covered, clogged, or hardened: the lake froze over last week.
3. to fix fast or become fixed (to something) because of the action of frost
4. (tr) to preserve (food) by subjection to extreme cold, as in a freezer
5. to feel or cause to feel the sensation or effects of extreme cold
6. to die or cause to die of frost or extreme cold
7. to become or cause to become paralysed, fixed, or motionless, esp through fear, shock, etc: he froze in his tracks.
8. (Film) (tr) to cause (moving film) to stop at a particular frame
9. to decrease or cause to decrease in animation or vigour
10. to make or become formal, haughty, etc, in manner
11. (Economics) (tr) to fix (prices, incomes, etc) at a particular level, usually by government direction
12. (Banking & Finance) (tr) to forbid by law the exchange, liquidation, or collection of (loans, assets, etc)
13. (Commerce) (tr) to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or use of (something specified)
14. (tr) to stop (a process) at a particular stage of development
15. (Medicine) (tr) informal to render (tissue or a part of the body) insensitive, as by the application or injection of a local anaesthetic
16. informal chiefly (foll by: onto) US to cling
n
17. the act of freezing or state of being frozen
18. (Physical Geography) meteorol a spell of temperatures below freezing point, usually over a wide area
19. (Economics) the fixing of incomes, prices, etc, by legislation
20. another word for frost
sentence substitute
chiefly US a command to stop still instantly or risk being shot
[Old English frēosan; related to Old Norse frjōsa, Old High German friosan, Latin prūrīre to itch; see frost]
ˈfreezable adj
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freeze
(friz)v. froze, fro•zen, freez•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
2. to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat.
3. to suffer the effects or sensation of intense cold: We froze until the heat came on.
4. to be of the degree of cold at which water freezes: It may freeze tonight.
5. to lose warmth of feeling: My heart froze at the news.
6. to become speechless or immobilized.
7. to stop suddenly and remain motionless: I froze in my tracks.
8. to become obstructed by the formation of ice: The water pipes froze.
9. to die or be injured because of frost or cold.
10. to become fixed to something by or as if by the action of frost.
11. to become unfriendly, secretive, or aloof (often fol. by up).
12. to become temporarily inoperable; cease to function (often fol. by up): The new software makes my computer freeze.
v.t. 13. to change from a fluid to a solid form by loss of heat; congeal.
14. to form ice on the surface of.
15. to harden or stiffen (an object containing moisture) by cold.
16. to quick-freeze.
17. to subject to freezing temperature.
18. to cause to suffer the effects of intense cold.
19. to chill with fear.
20. to immobilize with fright or alarm.
21. to kill by frost or cold: A late snow froze the buds.
22. to fix fast with ice: a sled frozen to a sidewalk.
23. to obstruct or close by the formation of ice: Cold had frozen the pipes.
24. to fix (rents, prices, etc.) at a specific amount, usu. by government order.
25. to stop or limit production, use, or development of: an agreement to freeze nuclear weapons.
26. to prevent (assets) from being liquidated or collected.
27. to render (a part of the body) insensitive to pain or slower in its functioning by artificial means.
28. to discourage by unfriendly or aloof behavior.
29. to photograph (a moving subject) at a shutter speed fast enough to produce an unblurred, seemingly motionless image.
30. to stop by means of a freeze-frame mechanism.
31. to maintain possession of (a ball or puck) for as long as possible usu. without trying to score.
32. freeze out, to exclude or compel to withdraw from participation, esp. by cold treatment or severe competition.
33. freeze over, to become coated with ice.
n. 34. an act or instance of freezing.
35. the state of being frozen.
36. a period of very cold weather.
37. a legislative action to control prices, rents, production, etc.
38. a decision by one or more nations to stop or limit production or development of weapons.
[before 1000; Middle English fresen, Old English frēosan]
freez′a•ble, adj.
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freeze
(frēz) To change from a liquid to a solid state by cooling or being cooled to the freezing point.
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freeze
Past participle: frozen
Gerund: freezing
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Noun | 1. | ![]() freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization - a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition |
2. | freeze - weather cold enough to cause freezing cold weather - a period of unusually cold weather | |
3. | freeze - an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" pause - temporary inactivity | |
4. | freeze - fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" restriction, limitation - an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) hiring freeze - a freeze on hiring price freeze - a freeze of prices at a given level wage freeze - a freeze of wages at a given level | |
Verb | 1. | freeze - stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" stand still - remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by" |
2. | freeze - change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" glaciate - become frozen and covered with glaciers freeze down, freeze out, freeze - change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" boil - come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" | |
3. | freeze - be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" suffer - feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather" | |
4. | freeze - cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" deep freeze - store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation; "deep-freeze the food" ice - cause to become ice or icy; "an iced summer drink" flash-freeze, quick-freeze - freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors; "quick-freeze the shrimp" | |
5. | freeze - stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" | |
6. | freeze - be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo" | |
7. | freeze - change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" freeze - change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" solidify - become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled" | |
8. | freeze - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" | |
9. | freeze - anesthetize by cold surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" | |
10. | freeze - suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband" |
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freeze
verb
1. ice over or up, harden, stiffen, solidify, congeal, become solid, glaciate The ground froze solid.
2. deep freeze, cool, ice, chill, refrigerate, put in the freezer You can freeze the soup at this point.
4. stop, stop dead, stop suddenly, stop in your tracks She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.
noun
2. fix, hold, halt, suspension, standstill A wage freeze was imposed on all staff.
freeze someone out exclude, leave out, force out, shut out, refuse, remove, reject, ignore, eliminate, rule out, get rid of, boycott, expel, put out, throw out, oust, keep out, drive out, pass over, eject, evict, ostracize, send to Coventry, give the cold-shoulder to He's freezing me out because he knows I'm no good.
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Translations
تتجَمَّد الأسْعارتَجَمُّديَتَجَمَّديَتَجَمَّدُيَجْمَدُ مِن البَرد، يَموت مِن البَرد
mrznoutzmrazitmrázmrazitzmrznout
frysenedfrysestivnefrostvejr
frosti
pakastaajäätyäjähmettyäsulkujäädyttää
smrznutizalediti
befagyasztfagyásmegfagymegfagyasztmélyhűtőbe tesz
frjósa, frystafrjósa, kólnafrostfrystafrysta laun/verî
・・・を冷凍する凍る
얼다얼리다
labai šaltasledinisšaltispeigassušaldytas
aizsaltiesaldētnosaltpārvērsties ledūsals
congelaîngheţa
mrznúť
okamnetizamrznitizmrznitizmrzovati
frysa
แช่แข็งกลายเป็นน้ำแข็ง
заморожуватизаморожуватися
đông lạiđông lạnh
freeze
[friːz] (froze (pt) (frozen (pp)))B. VI
1. (gen) → helarse, congelarse
it will freeze tonight → esta noche va a caer una helada
to freeze to death → morirse de frío
it will freeze tonight → esta noche va a caer una helada
to freeze to death → morirse de frío
C. N
1. (Met) → helada f
2. [of prices, wages etc] → congelación f
freeze over VI + ADV [lake, river] → helarse; [windows, windscreen] → cubrirse de escarcha
the lake has frozen over → el lago está helado
the lake has frozen over → el lago está helado
freeze up
A. VI + ADV [handle, pipes] → helarse, congelarse; [windows] → cubrirse de escarcha
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
freeze
[ˈfriːz] vb [froze] [ˈfrəʊz] (pt) [frozen] [ˈfrəʊzən] (pp)
vt
[+ water, river, lake] → geler
n → gel m
[river] → geler
[windscreen] → se couvrir de givre, se couvrir de glace
freeze up
vi → gelerfreeze-dried [ˌfriːzˈdraɪd] adj → lyophilisé(e)freeze-frame [ˌfriːzˈfreɪm] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
freeze
vb: pret <froze>, ptp <frozen>vi
(Met) → frieren; (water, liquids) → gefrieren; (lakes, rivers) → zufrieren; (pipes) → einfrieren; it’ll freeze hard tonight → es wird heute Nacht starken Frost geben; to freeze to death (lit) → erfrieren; (fig) → sich zu Tode frieren ? freezing, frozen
(fig) (blood) → erstarren, gerinnen; (heart) → aussetzen; (smile) → erstarren, gefrieren; the sound made me freeze → das Geräusch ließ mir das Blut in den Adern erstarren or gefrieren or gerinnen
(= keep still) → in der Bewegung verharren or erstarren; he froze in his tracks → er blieb wie angewurzelt stehen; freeze! → keine Bewegung!
(Cook) meat freezes well → Fleisch lässt sich gut einfrieren
vt
water → gefrieren; (Med, Cook) → einfrieren
(Econ) assets → festlegen; credit, wages, programme, prices, bank account → einfrieren; (= stop) film → anhalten
(Med) wound → vereisen
n
(Econ) → Stopp m; a wage(s) freeze, a freeze on wages → ein Lohnstopp m; a freeze on nuclear weapons testing → ein Atomwaffenteststopp m
freeze
:freeze-dry
vt → gefriertrocknen
freeze-frame
n (Phot) → Standbild nt
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freeze
[friːz] (froze (vb: pt) (frozen (pp)))1. vt (water) → gelare; (food) → congelare; (industrially) → surgelare; (prices, assets, salaries) → bloccare, congelare
2. vi (Met) → gelare; (water, lake) → ghiacciare; (food) → congelarsi; (keep still) → bloccarsi
freezing fog → nebbia gelata
to freeze to death → morire assiderato/a
he froze in his tracks → si bloccò
freeze! → non muoverti!
freezing fog → nebbia gelata
to freeze to death → morire assiderato/a
he froze in his tracks → si bloccò
freeze! → non muoverti!
freeze over vi + adv (lake, river) → ghiacciarsi; (windows, windscreen) → coprirsi di ghiaccio
freeze up vi + adv → gelarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
freeze
(friːz) – past tense froze (frəuz) : past participle frozen (ˈfrəuzn) – verb1. to make into or become ice. It's so cold that the river has frozen over.
2. (of weather) to be at or below freezing-point. If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.
3. to make or be very cold. If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).
4. to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it. You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.
5. to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc). She froze when she heard the strange noise.
6. to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level. If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.
noun a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point. How long do you think the freeze will last?
ˈfreezer noun a cabinet for keeping food at, or bringing it down to, a temperature below freezing-point.
ˈfreezing adjective very cold. This room's freezing.
ˈfrozen adjectiveˈfreezing-point noun
the temperature at which a liquid becomes solid. The freezing-point of water is 0 centigrade.
freeze up to stop moving or functioning because of extreme cold. The car engine froze up.
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freeze
→ يَتَجَمَّدُ mrazit, mrznout fryse einfrieren, frieren παγώνω congelar, congelarse jäätyä, pakastaa congeler, geler smrznuti, zalediti congelare, gelare ・・・を冷凍する, 凍る 얼다, 얼리다 invriezen, vriezen fryse, nedfryse zamarznąć, zamrażać congelar замерзать, заморозить frysa แช่แข็ง, กลายเป็นน้ำแข็ง dondurmak, donmak đông lại, đông lạnh 冷冻, 冻结Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
freeze
n. helada; congelación;
___ dried → liofilizado;
___ drying → liofilización;
vt. congelar, helar; congelarse, vr. helarse; to ___ to death → morirse de frio.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
freeze
vt, vi (pret froze; pp frozen) congelar(se)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.