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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[noun] an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "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] suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
[verb] anesthetize by cold, as for certain surgical procedures
[verb] be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
[verb] prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
[verb] stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
[verb] change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
[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] stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
[verb] be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
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\Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf. {Frost}.] 1. 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. Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero. 2. 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. {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.]
\Freeze\, v. t. 1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life. --Shak.
\Freeze\, n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.]
\Freeze\, v. t. {To freeze out}, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [Colloq.] A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection. --A. T. Hadley. It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F. Foster.
Synonyms for freeze
block, freezing, frost, halt, immobilise, immobilize, stop dead, suspend
Antonyms: boil, free, release, unblock, unfreeze
See also: alter | behave | cold snap | cold spell | cold weather | cooling | do | flash-freeze | glaciate | hiring freeze | icing | interrupt | limitation | lyophilization | phase change | put out | put to sleep | put under | restriction | temperature reduction |
Related terms: be cold, be still, bring up short, didder, draw rein, freezing weather, have a chill, horrify, immobilize, knock unconscious, pin down, refrigerate, remain, retain, scare stiff, scare to death, stabilize, stand, steady, stop dead, stuff, turn pale
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Let's analyse "freeze" as pure text. This string has Six letters in One syllable and Three vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EZEERF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1680 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
freeze: 5 + 5 + 5 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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