freeze at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
[fri:z]
freeze at English irregular forms Of Explained:
(froze)
(frozen)
freeze at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:
O.E. freosan "turn to ice" (class II strong verb; past tense freas, pp. froren), from P.Gmc. *freusanan (cf. O.N. frjosa, O.H.G. friosan, Ger. frieren "to freeze," Goth. frius "frost"), from P.Gmc. *freus-, equivalent to PIE base *preus- "to freeze," also "to burn" (cf. Skt. prusva, L. pruina "hoarfrost," Welsh rhew "frost," Skt. prustah "burnt," Albanian prus "burning coals," L. pruna "a live coal"). Transitive sense first recorded 14c., figurative sense c.1400. Meaning "become rigid or motionless" first recorded 1848, in "Jane Eyre". Sense of "fix at a certain level, make non-transactable" is 1922. Archaic frore "frosty, frozen" can be found in poetry as late as Keats; it is from O.E. frorer, pp. of freosan. First record of freezer in reference to a machine for keeping things very cold is from 1847. Freeze frame is from 1960, originally "a briefly Frozen Shot after the Jingle to allow ample time for Change over at the end of a T.V. 'Commercial.' " ["ABC of Film & TV," 1960]. ///
freeze at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
v past tense froze /fr[hA353][hA35E]z $ fro[hA35E]z/// past participle frozen /fr[hA353][hA35E]z[hA368]n $ fro[hA35E]-/// ----------//
1 liquid:
2 food:
3 machine/engine:
4 weather:
5 feel cold:
6 wages/prices:
7 money/property:
8 stop moving:
9 film:
10 somebody's blood freezes: Phrasal verbs// freeze somebody → out// freeze over// freeze up// ----------// [Language: Old English; Origin: freosan]//
1 LIQUID: [I and T] if a liquid or something wet freezes or is frozen, it becomes hard and solid because the temperature is very cold// melt, thaw// --The lake had frozen overnight.//
2 FOOD: [I and T] to preserve food for a long time by keeping it at a very low temperature, or to be preserved in this way// --I think I'll freeze that extra meat.// --Tomatoes don't freeze well.//
3 MACHINE/ENGINE: [I] if a machine, engine, pipe etc freezes, the liquid inside it becomes solid with cold, so that it does not work properly// --The water pipes have frozen.//
4 WEATHER: it freezes// if it freezes outside, the temperature falls to or below freezing point// --Do you think it'll freeze tonight?//
5 FEEL COLD: [I] to feel very cold// --I nearly froze to death watching that football match.//
6 WAGES/PRICES: [T] if a government or company freezes wages, prices etc, they do not increase them for a period of time// --The government has been forced to cut spending and freeze public-sector wages.//
7 MONEY/PROPERTY: [T] to legally prevent money in a bank from being spent, property from being sold etc// --The court froze their assets .//
8 STOP MOVING: [I] to stop moving suddenly and stay completely still and quiet// --I froze and listened; someone was in my apartment.// freeze with// --She froze with horror .//
9 FILM: [T] to stop a film or video in order to be able to look at a particular part of it// freeze-frame// --He froze the picture on the screen.//
10 sb's blood freezes: used to say that someone is very frightened or shocked// --I heard his scream and felt my blood freeze.// freeze out [freeze sb → out] phr v// to deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something, by making it difficult for them, being unkind to them etc// --Why did you freeze me out?// freeze over phr v// if an area or pool of water freezes over, its surface turns into ice// --We'll go skating if the lake has frozen over.// freeze up phr v//
1 if a machine, engine, or pipe freezes up, the liquid inside becomes solid with cold so that it does not work properly: freeze//
2 to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally: --I wouldn't know what to say. I'd just freeze up.//
freeze 2 n
1 [C] a time when people are not allowed to increase prices or pay: a price/pay/wage freeze // freeze on// --a freeze on pay rises//
2 [C] the stopping of some activity or process: freeze on// --The government have imposed a freeze on civil service appointments.//
3 [singular] BrE a period of extremely cold weather:
4 [C usually singular] AmE a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is extremely low: deep freeze//
freeze at English => English (GNU/Linux) Of Explained:
v. To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability. Carries the strong implication that the item in question will 'unfreeze' at some future date. "OK, fix that bug and we'll freeze for release." There are more specific constructions on this term. A 'feature freeze', for example, locks out modifications intended to introduce new features but still allows bugfixes and completion of existing features; a 'code freeze' connotes no more changes at all. At Sun Microsystems and elsewhere, one may also hear references to 'code slush' -- that is, an almost-but-not-quite frozen state. From Jargon Dictionary http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/
freeze at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
216 Moby Thesaurus words for "freeze":
KO, abide, anesthetize, anhydrate, appall, arrest, awe, balance,
ballast, ban, be cold, be still, bedaze, benumb, besot, bite,
bitter weather, blast, blast-freeze, bleak weather, blight, block,
blunt, brake, brine, bring to, bring up short, change color,
chatter, check, checkmate, chill, chloroform, coast, cold snap,
cold wave, cold weather, coldcock, congeal, corn, counterbalance,
cure, cut, cut short, dam, deaden, deadlock, debar, dehydrate,
depth of winter, desensitize, desiccate, didder, dither, dope,
draw rein, drive away, drive out, drug, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt,
dull, eject, embalm, eternalize, eternize, etherize, evaporate,
exclude, expel, firm, firm up, fix, force out, freeze out,
freeze solid, freeze to death, freeze-dry, freezing weather, frost,
frostbite, fume, funk, glaciate, glacify, go through, grow cold,
grow pale, halt, hard winter, harden, have a chill,
have goose pimples, hold, horrify, horripilate, ice, ice over,
ice up, immobilization, immobilize, immortalize, irradiate, jerk,
kayo, keep, keep alive, keep fresh, keep quiet, kipper, knock out,
knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay out,
lie still, lose courage, lose heat, marinade, marinate, mark time,
monumentalize, mummify, nail down, narcotize, nip, not breathe,
not stir, numb, obtund, ostracize, pale, palsy, paralyze, peg,
penetrate, perennialize, perish with cold, perpetuate, petrify,
pickle, pierce, pin, pin down, preservatize, preserve,
preserve from oblivion, pull up, put paid to, put to sleep, quake,
quick-freeze, quiver, raw weather, refreeze, refrigerate, regelate,
reject, remain, remain motionless, repose, rest, retain, salt,
scare stiff, scare to death, season, set, shake, shiver, shock,
shudder, smoke, smoke-cure, snap, solidify, stabilitate, stabilize,
stalemate, stall, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand still, stay,
stay put, steady, stem, stem the tide, stick, stick fast, stiffen,
stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, strike dumb,
strike terror into, stuff, stun, stupefy, subzero weather,
take alarm, take fright, tarry, terrify, transfix, tread water,
tremble, turn color, turn pale, winter, wintry weather,
wintry wind, zero weather
freeze at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[V] (Cold): be cold, shiver, freeze, freeze to death, perish with cold
[V] (Cold): be cold, shiver, freeze, freeze to death, perish with cold.
[V] (Cold): {transitive}: chill, freeze, render cold, refrigerate.
[V] (Cooling): cool, refrigerate, refresh, congeal, freeze, glaciate, benumb, chill, petrify.
freeze at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
verb, noun
verb (froze )
become ice
1 to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make sth do this:
[V] Water freezes at 0ｰC. * It's so cold that even the river has frozen. * [VN] The cold weather had frozen the ground. * [V-ADJ] The clothes froze solid on the washing-line.
OPP THAW
of pipe / lock / machine
2 ~ (sth) (up) if a pipe, lock or machine freezes, or sth freezes it, it becomes blocked with frozen liquid and therefore cannot be used:
[V] The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water. * [VN] Ten degrees of frost had frozen the lock on the car.
of weather
3 [V] when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0ｰ Celsius:
It may freeze tonight, so bring those plants inside.
be very cold
4 to be very cold; to be so cold that you die:
[V] Every time she opens the window we all freeze. * [V, VN] Two men froze to death on the mountain. * Two men were frozen to death on the mountain.
food
5 [VN] to keep food at a very low temperature in order to preserve it:
Can you freeze this cake? * These meals are ideal for home freezing.
6 [V] to be able to be kept at a very low temperature:
Some fruits freeze better than others.
stop moving
7 [V] to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc:
I froze with terror as the door slowly opened. * (figurative) The smile froze on her lips. * The police officer shouted 'Freeze!' and the man dropped the gun.
film / movie
8 [VN] to stop a film/movie or video in order to look at a particular picture:
Freeze the action there!
see also FREEZE-FRAME
wages / prices
9 [VN] to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time:
Salaries have been frozen for the current year.
money / bank account
10 [VN] to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which forbids it:
The company's assets have been frozen.
IDIOMS
freeze your blood | make your blood freeze to make you extremely frightened or shocked
more at TRACK n.
PHRASAL VERBS
freeze sb<->out (of sth) (informal) to be deliberately unfriendly to sb, creating difficulties, etc. in order to stop or DISCOURAGE them from doing sth or taking part in sth
freeze over to become completely covered by ice:
The lake freezes over in winter.
noun
of wages / prices
1 the act of keeping wages, prices, etc. at a particular level for a period of time:
a wage / price freeze
stopping sth
2 [usually sing.] ~ (on sth) the act of stopping sth:
a freeze on imports
cold weather
3 [usually sing.] (BrE) an unusually cold period of weather during which temperatures stay below 0ｰ Celsius:
Farmers are still talking about the big freeze of '94.
4 (AmE) a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is below 0ｰ Celsius:
A freeze warning was posted for Thursday night.
Freeze at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.
{To freeze out}, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold
treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of
one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor.
[Colloq.]
A railroad which had a London connection must not be
allowed to freeze out one that had no such
connection. --A. T.
Hadley.
It is sometimes a long time before a player who is
frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F.
Foster.
Freiherr \Frei"herr`\, n.; pl. {Freiherrn}. [G., lit., free
lord.]
In Germany and Austria, a baron.
Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.
1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to
a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat;
to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That
almost freezes up the heat of life. --Shak.
Freeze \Freeze\, n.
The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
[Colloq.]
Freeze \Freeze\, n. (Arch.)
A frieze. [Obs.]
Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san;
akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw.
frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L.
prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal,
pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18.
Cf. {Frost}.]
1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
hardened into ice or a like solid body.
Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
freezes in the veins.
{To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
[Colloq.]
freeze at English => English (Computer) Of Explained:
freeze
To lock an evolving software distribution or document against
changes so it can be released with some hope of stability.
Carries the strong implication that the item in question will
"unfreeze" at some future date.
There are more specific constructions on this term. A
"feature freeze", for example, locks out modifications
intended to introduce new features but still allows bugfixes
and completion of existing features; a "code freeze" connotes
no more changes at all. At {Sun Microsystems} and elsewhere,
one may also hear references to "code slush" - that is, an
almost-but-not-quite frozen state.
[{Jargon File}]
freeze at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
freeze
n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn: {freezing}]
2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: {frost}]
3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
[syn: {halt}]
4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
freeze on hiring"
[also: {frozen}, {froze}]
freeze
v 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: {boil}]
2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
car he froze" [syn: {stop dead}]
3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the
air conditioning is turned on"
4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: {suspend}]
6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
Kalamazoo"
7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: {freeze out}, {freeze down}]
8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: {block},
{immobilize}, {immobilise}] [ant: {unblock}, {unblock}]
9: anesthetize by cold
10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
her ex-husband"
[also: {frozen}, {froze}]
freeze at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: wikipedia » dab=freeze
English
Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » /ˈfriːz/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /"fri:z/Etymology
From Inter: etyl » enm Inter: term » fresen|lang=enm, from Inter: etyl » ang Inter: term » freosan|frēosan|to freeze|lang=ang, from Inter: etyl » gem-pro|en Inter: recons » freusanan||to frost, freeze|lang=gem-pro, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|en Inter: recons » preus-|lang=ine-pro, Inter: recons » prus-||to frost, freeze|lang=ine-pro. Cognate with Inter: etyl » sco|- Inter: term » frese||to freeze|lang=sco, Inter: etyl » fy|- Inter: term » frieze||to freeze|lang=fy, Dutch Inter: term » vriezen||to freeze|lang=nl, German Inter: term » frieren||to freeze|lang=de, Swedish Inter: term » frysa||to freeze|lang=sv, Latin Inter: term » pruina|pruīna|lang=la|hoarfrost, Welsh (Northern) Inter: term » rhew|lang=cy||frost, ice, and Sanskrit Inter: term » ||tr=pruṣvá|water drop, frost|lang=sa. Inter: rfscript » Devanagari|lang=saNoun
Inter: en-nou » nSynonyms
* Inter: compute » r Inter: l » en|hangTranslations
Inter: trans-top » period of coldInter: trans-mi » d
- Ido: Inter: t+ » io|frosto
- Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|mróz|m
- Spanish: Inter: t- » es|helada|f
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » {{computer state when the system ceases to respond to inputs}}
- Dutch: Inter: t- » nl|vastlopen
- German: Inter: t- » de|Einfrieren|n
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » {{curling term}}
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » {{finance}}
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|bevriezing
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|jäädytys, Inter: t- » fi|sulku
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » on salary
- Dutch: loonstop, salarisstop
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Verb
Inter: en-verb » freezes|freezing|froze or rarely frore|frozen or rarely frorenSynonyms
* Inter: sense » become solid solidifyAntonyms
* Inter: sense » become solid unfreeze, defrost, liquifyDerived terms
* freeze outTranslations
Inter: trans-top » become solid due to low temperatureInter: trans-mi » d
- Interlingua: congelar
- Irish: Inter: t- » ga|reoigh, Inter: t- » ga|sioc, Inter: t- » ga|oighrigh, Inter: t- » ga|cuisnigh, Inter: t- » ga|téacht
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|gelare, Inter: t- » it|ghiacciare
- Japanese: 凍る (こおる, kooru), 凍らせる (こおらせる, kooraseru)
- Korean: 얼다 (eolda)
- Latin: Inter: t- » la|gelo, Inter: t- » la|glacio
- Norwegian: Inter: t+ » no|fryse
- Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|zamarzać
- Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|gelar, Inter: t+ » pt|congelar
- Romanian: Inter: t+ » ro|îngheța
- Romansch: Inter: t- » rm|schelar
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|замерзать|tr=zamerzát' Inter: imp » f,Inter: t+ » ru|замёрзнуть|tr=zamjórznut' Inter: pf » .
- Scottish Gaelic: Inter: t- » gd|reòth
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|helar
- Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|frysa
- Turkish: Inter: t+ » tr|donmak
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » lower something's temperature to freezing point
- Breton: skornañ
- Catalan: Inter: t+ » ca|congelar
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs|zmrazit
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|bevriezen, Inter: t+ » nl|invriezen, Inter: t+ » nl|vriezen
- Esperanto: Inter: t- » eo|frostigi
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|jäädyttää, Inter: t+ » fi|pakastaa
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|congeler
- Galician: Inter: t+ » gl|conxelar
- German: Inter: t+ » de|einfrieren
- Icelandic: Inter: t- » is|frysta
- Indonesian: membeku, membekukan
- Irish: Inter: t- » ga|reoigh, Inter: t- » ga|sioc, Inter: t- » ga|oighrigh, Inter: t- » ga|cuisnigh, Inter: t- » ga|téacht
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » drop below zero
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|vriezen
- Esperanto: Inter: t- » eo|frosti
- Finnish: pakastaa, olla pakkasta, Inter: t+ » fi|pakastua
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|geler
- German: Inter: t+ » de|frieren
- Greek: Inter: t+ » el|παγώνω|tr=pagóno
- Icelandic: Inter: t- » is|frysta
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|gelare
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » be very cold
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs|mrznout
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|jäätää
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » become motionless
- Breton: chom a-sav krenn
- Czech: ztuhnout or znehybnět
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|verstijven
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|jähmettyä
- French: se figer
- German: Inter: t+ » de|erstarren
- Indonesian: membeku, membekukan
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|congelare
- Japanese: 凍る (こおる, kooru), 凍らせる (こおらせる, kooraseru)
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » prevent movement of someone's financial assets
- Esperanto: frostigi
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: checktrans-to » p
- Inter: ttbc » br: reviñ, ober skorn, skornañ
- Inter: ttbc » id: membeku, membekukan
- Inter: ttbc » ia: gelar
- Inter: ttbc » ja: 凍る (こおる, kooru), 凍らせる (こおらせる, kooraseru)
- Inter: ttbc » ko: 얼다 (eolda)
- Inter: ttbc » sv: frysa
- Inter: ttbc » tr: donmak
Inter: trans-botto » m
Related terms
* frostDerived terms
* deep-freezeCategory: Category:English ergative verbs -
Category: Category:English irregular verbs -
Translation: ca » freeze
Translation: cs » freeze
Translation: cy » freeze
Translation: et » freeze
Translation: el » freeze
Translation: es » freeze
Translation: eu » freeze
Translation: fa » freeze
Translation: fr » freeze
Translation: gl » freeze
Translation: ko » freeze
Translation: hr » freeze
Translation: io » freeze
Translation: it » freeze
Translation: kn » freeze
Translation: ku » freeze
Translation: lo » freeze
Translation: lt » freeze
Translation: li » freeze
Translation: hu » freeze
Translation: mg » freeze
Translation: ml » freeze
Translation: my » freeze
Translation: nl » freeze
Translation: ja » freeze
Translation: pl » freeze
Translation: pt » freeze
Translation: ru » freeze
Category: simple:freeze -
Translation: fi » freeze
Translation: sv » freeze
Translation: tl » freeze
Translation: ta » freeze
Translation: te » freeze
Translation: th » freeze
Translation: tr » freeze
Translation: uk » freeze
Translation: vi » freeze
Translation: zh » freeze