froze
Meaning of froze
verb, past tense
- (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
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 froze
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Hyphenation of froze
froze
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- froze is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
froze synonyms
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 temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect:
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:
froze 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:
Words that rhyme with froze
Roze, Dalcroze, croze, adffroze, adfroze, deepfroze, defroze, dehydroffroze, dehydrofroze, enfroze, preffroze, prefroze, reffroze, refroze, unffroze, unfroze, Nowroze
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