freeze
- sense 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
- freeze
- sense 2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
- freeze stop_dead
- sense 3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
- freeze
- sense 4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
- freeze
- sense 5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
- freeze suspend
- sense 6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
- freeze
- sense 7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
- freeze freeze_out freeze_down
- sense 8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
- freeze block immobilize immobilise
- sense 9: anesthetize by cold, as for certain surgical procedures
- freeze
- anesthetize anaesthetize anesthetise anaesthetise put_to_sleep put_under put_out
- sense 10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
- freeze