Freeze
WordNet
noun
(1) Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
"A freeze on hiring"
(2) An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
"A halt in the arms race"
"A nuclear freeze"
(3) Weather cold enough to cause freezing
(4) The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
verb
(5) Suddenly behave coldly and formally
"She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
(6) Anesthetize by cold
(7) Be cold
"I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
(8) Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
"Blocked funds"
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
(9) Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
(10) Change to ice
"The water in the bowl froze"
(11) Cause to freeze
"Freeze the leftover food"
(12) Change from a liquid to a solid when cold
"Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
(13) Stop moving or become immobilized
"When he saw the police car he froze"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- Due to its current budget problems, the University has instituted a temporary hiring freeze.
- A block on pay rises.
Verb
- Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- The pond has frozen over.
- Vodka won't freeze in there, but beer will.
- To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Don't freeze meat twice.
- To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.
- To be very cold.
- It's freezing in here!
- To become motionless.
- The squirrel froze when it saw the hawk overhead.