Defenition of the word freeze

• Defenition of the word freeze

  • To reach a chemically solid state, by the process of cooling.
  • To become and remain uncomfortably cold (usually referring to animals, especially humans).
  • To put (usually food) into a freezer, in order that it remains fresh.
  • To become very still or silent, usually as the result of a surprising, awkward or embarrassing situation.
  • To become motionless.
  • fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level: "a freeze on hiring"
  • behave cold and formally
  • anesthetize by cold, as for certain surgical procedures
  • be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
  • change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
  • cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
  • be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
  • prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
  • change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
  • the withdrawal of hear to change something from a liquid to a solid
  • weather cold enough to cause freezing
  • an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement: "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
  • stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
  • stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
  • fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"
  • an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
  • the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
  • suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
  • anesthetize by cold
  • fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
  • an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
  • suddenly behave coldly and formally
  • be cold
  • prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
  • stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
  • change to ice
  • cause to freeze
  • change from a liquid to a solid when cold
  • stop moving or become immobilized
  • be very cold, below the freezing point

Synonyms for the word freeze

• • block
  • freeze down
  • freeze out
  • freezing
  • frost
  • halt
  • immobilize
  • stop dead
  • suspend

Hyponyms for the word freeze

• • deep freeze
  • fixate
  • flash-freeze
  • freeze-drying
  • frost
  • glaciate
  • hiring freeze
  • ice
  • icing
  • lyophilisation
  • lyophilization
  • price freeze
  • quick-freeze
  • settle on
  • wage freeze

Hypernyms for the word freeze

• • act
  • alter
  • anaesthetise
  • anaesthetize
  • anesthetise
  • anesthetize
  • behave
  • break
  • change
  • change state
  • chilling
  • cold snap
  • cold spell
  • cold wave
  • cold weather
  • cooling
  • do
  • interrupt
  • keep back
  • limitation
  • modify
  • pause
  • phase change
  • phase transition
  • physical change
  • put out
  • put to sleep
  • put under
  • restriction
  • solidify
  • stand still
  • state change
  • suffer
  • surname
  • temperature reduction
  • turn
  • withhold

Antonyms for the word freeze

• • boil
  • free
  • release
  • unblock
  • unfreeze

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