Freeze
[friːz] or [friz]
Definition
(noun.) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; 'a freeze on hiring'.
(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.
(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'.
Editor: Nancy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A frieze.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
(v. t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
(n.) The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Be congealed, be frozen.[2]. Be chilled.
v. a. [1]. Congeal, solidify by cold, turn to ice.[2]. Chill, benumb.
Editor: Ned
Examples
- This vapor is rendered intensely cold by expansion, and this cold is imparted to the water in tank _a_ to freeze it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In another day or two perhaps; this extreme mildness can hardly last longernay, perhaps it may freeze tonight! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- And don't put thy feet in the stream because it will freeze them. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The heat necessary for this comes in part from the air and in part from the water in the test tube, and the water in the tube becomes in consequence cold enough to freeze. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It ain't good to freeze a empty stomach, Master. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If I stay here much longer I will freeze, he thought, and that will be of no value. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nobody got enough to eat; the bedclothes were too short and too thin; it was 28 degrees below zero, and the wash-water was frozen solid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had to stand and look at the frozen dead body that had been Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But in this evaporation great cold is produced and the water in the receiver is soon frozen. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You are a frozen-faced . Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- At No. 12 a tumbler of whiskey is frozen solid by immersing a tube containing liquid air in it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My sweet little lady overwhelmed me with dismay; her air of native elegance froze my very marrow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The suave aunt could not reconcile them; the daughters froze at the view of their quarrels. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As I spoke he gave my wrist a convulsive grip; the smile on his lips froze: apparently a spasm caught his breath. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He did not speak or move, but the blotchy green of his countenance turned livid, and the froth froze upon his lips. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Till this moment I had listened with living joy--I had answered with gleeful quickness; a name froze me; three words struck me mute. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Nairne, in 1777, was the first to discover the affinity that sulphuric acid had for water vapor, and in 1810 Leslie froze water by this means. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Because water loses heat when it freezes, the presence of large streams of water greatly influences the climate of a region. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And she freezes the blood in his heart, and beclouds the light in his eye. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The plate system freezes the water on the exterior walls of hollow plates, which contain within them the freezing medium. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On a cold winter night the water sometimes freezes in the water pipes, and the pipes burst. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The greater part of the debris and rubbish brought down from the mountain slopes by the spring rains owes its origin to the fact that water expands when it freezes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- One would think the night would be long enough, in this freezing silence and solitude, if one went to bed two hours hence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Winter seemed conquering her spring; the mind's soil and its treasures were freezing gradually to barren stagnation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A more scientific statement, however, is that the cold vapor absorbs the heat units of the water, and taking them away with it, lowers the temperature of the water to the freezing point. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In winter the heat from the freezing water keeps the temperature of the surrounding higher than it would naturally be, and consequently the cold weather is less severe. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Now he's freezing! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My Lady Dedlock, having conquered HER world, fell not into the melting, but rather into the freezing, mood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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