freeze /frēz/

1. To become ice
2. To become solid owing to fall of temperature
3. To be at a temperature at which water would freeze
4. To be very cold
5. To become motionless, stiff, attached or stopped by, or as if by, cold

1. To cause to freeze
2. To fix
3. To stabilize
4. To prevent the use of or dealings in
5. To stop at or not develop beyond a particular state or stage
6. To put a temporary stop to
7. To stop (a moving film) at a particular frame
8. To preserve (esp food) by freezing and storing below freezing point
9. To anaesthetize (a part of the body)

1. A frost
2. A period of very cold weather
3. A stoppage
4. A period of strict control of wages, prices, etc

freezˈable adjective

freezˈer noun

1. A freezing apparatus
2. Anything that freezes
3. A compartment in a refrigerator designed to freeze fresh foods
4. An apparatus or room for storing food, etc below freezing point, a deep-freeze

freezˈing noun the action of the verb adjective

Very cold

freezeˈ-dry transitive verb

freeze-dryˈing noun

Rapid freezing and evaporation to dryness in a vacuum for preservation or storage of a substance

freezeˈ-frame noun

1. A frame of a cinema film repeated, or a frame of a DVD or video film held, to give a still picture
2. The facility to do this on a DVD player or video recorder

intransitive verb

To pause a film to give a still picture

freezeˈ-out see freeze out below.

freezeˈ-up noun (N American)

The period when ice forms on lakes, etc, at onset of winter

freezˈing-down noun

Lowering of the body temperature

freezing mixture noun

A mixture, eg of pounded ice and salt, cold enough to freeze a liquid by the rapid absorption of heat

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