freeze
Meaning of freeze
verb
- (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
in the winter the milk froze
frost freezes water that has seeped into joints
- store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it.
the cake can be frozen
- become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.
she froze in horror
- hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time.
new spending on defence was to be frozen
- an act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.
workers faced a pay freeze
- a period of frost or very cold weather.
the big freeze surprised the weathermen
Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost.
Information about freeze
- The plural form of freeze is: freezes.
- Languages in which freeze is used:
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Hyphenation of freeze
freeze
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- freeze is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
freeze synonyms
Meaning freezing:
Meaning frost:
Meaning halt:
Meaning suspend:
Meaning block:
Meaning decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing:
Meaning cool (food or drink), typically in a refrigerator:
Meaning become or make less hot:
Meaning subject (food or drink) to cold in order to chill or preserve it, typically by placing it in a refrigerator:
Meaning treat (food) to prevent its decomposition:
Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:
Meaning fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position:
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level:
Meaning harden into a solid or semi-solid state:
Meaning set or serve as a limit to:
Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:
Meaning restrain or keep in check:
Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:
Meaning put a lid or cover on:
Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):
Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:
Meaning control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly:
Meaning the action of suspending someone or something or the condition of being suspended:
freeze antonyms
Meaning (of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming up:
Meaning make (someone or something) different; alter or modify:
Meaning a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather:
Translation of freeze
- German: einfrieren, frieren, gefrieren, frösteln, erstarren
- French: geler, cailler, congeler, surgeler, figer
- Spanish: congelar, helar, enfriarse, inmovilizarse, paralizarse
- Portuguese: congelar, estarrecer
- Italian: congelare, gelarsi, intirizzire, paralizzarsi, agghiacciare, gelare
Words that rhyme with freeze
feeze, heeze, pheeze, wheeze, Jeeze, ableeze, bleeze, neeze, sneeze, Biofreeze, Breeze, Deepfreeze, DermaFreeze, adfreeze, antifreeze, befreeze, breeze, deepfreeze, defreeze, dehydrofreeze, enfreeze, nonfreeze, postfreeze, preeze, prefreeze, refreeze, spreeze, unfreeze, upbreeze, besqueeze, intersqueeze, squeeze, tweeze, weeze
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