Freeze Definition

frēz
freezes, freezing, froze, frozen
verb
freezes, freezing, froze, frozen
To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
American Heritage
To be formed into ice; be hardened or solidified by cold.
Webster's New World
To become covered or clogged with ice.
Webster's New World
To remove sensation from, as with a local anesthetic.
Webster's New World
To become attached by freezing.
Wheels frozen to the ground.
Webster's New World
noun
freezes
The act of freezing.
American Heritage
A freezing or being frozen.
Webster's New World
A period of cold, freezing weather; a frost.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage

A halt of a regular operation.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
freeze (someone's) blood
  • To affect with terror or dread; horrify:

    a scream that froze my blood.

American Heritage
freeze (on) to
  • to cling to; hold fast to
Webster's New World
freeze out
  • to die out through freezing, as plants do
  • to keep out or force out by a cold manner, by competition, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Freeze

Noun

Singular:
freeze
Plural:
freezes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Freeze

Origin of Freeze

  • From Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan (“to freeze”), from Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to frost, freeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to frost, freeze”). Cognate with Scots frese (“to freeze”), West Frisian frieze (“to freeze”), Dutch vriezen (“to freeze”), Low German freren, freern, fresen (“to freeze”), German frieren (“to freeze”), Swedish frysa (“to freeze”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost”), Welsh (Northern) rhew (“frost, ice”), and Sanskrit प्रुष्व (pruṣvá, “water drop, frost”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English fresen from Old English frēosan preus- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See the above verb.

    From Wiktionary

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