freeze

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NGSL Rank: 1853
freeze
friːz Listen
Meanings
verb
  • (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
    E.g. in the winter the milk froze
  • store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it.
    E.g. the cake can be frozen
  • become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.
    E.g. she froze in horror
  • hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time.
    E.g. new spending on defence was to be frozen
noun
  • an act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.
    E.g. workers faced a pay freeze
  • a period of frost or very cold weather.
    E.g. the big freeze surprised the weathermen

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