Overview of noun freeze

The noun freeze has 4 senses

• freeze, freezing -- (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)


• freeze, frost -- (weather cold enough to cause freezing)


• freeze, halt -- (an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze")


• freeze -- (fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring")

Overview of verb freeze

The verb freeze has 10 senses

• freeze, stop dead -- (stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze")


• freeze -- (change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze")


• freeze -- (be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on")


• freeze -- (cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food")


• freeze, suspend -- (stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country")


• freeze -- (be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo")


• freeze, freeze out, freeze down -- (change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit")


• freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise -- (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government")


• freeze -- (anesthetize by cold)


• freeze -- (suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband")