freeze
has definitions from the fields of politics,meteorology,chemistry,physics,pharmacology,surgery,food
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[ verb ] change to ice
Examples "The water in the bowl froze" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)`` The kid 's froze good . Hans found him froze . Related terms |
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[ verb ] stop moving or become immobilized
Synonyms Examples "When he saw the police car he froze" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Related to written literature , and often remaining temporarily frozen in written form , it loses its vitality when transcribed or removed from its oral existence . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)He ran on his plump sticks of legs , freezing now_and_again into the sudden startled attitudes which the camera had caught and held_on the paling photographs , all carefully placed and glued and labeled , resting in the fat plush album in the bottom drawer of the escritoire . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (food) cause to freeze
Examples "Freeze the leftover food" Used in print There is a trend to packaging meat at a central source , freezing it , and shipping it to outlying stores , where meat cutters will not be required . Related terms |
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[ verb ] prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Synonyms Examples "Blocked funds" "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,physics) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
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[ verb ] suddenly behave coldly and formally
Examples "She froze when she saw her ex-husband" Related terms |
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[ verb ] change from a liquid to a solid when cold
Synonyms Examples "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" |
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[ verb ] (pharmacology,surgery) anesthetize by cold, as for certain surgical procedures
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[ verb ] be very cold, below the freezing point
Examples "It is freezing in Kalamazoo." |
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[ noun ] (meteorology) weather cold enough to cause freezing
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8141
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[ noun ] (politics) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
Examples : "a freeze on hiring" Related terms |
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