wikipedia|dab=freeze
English
Pronunciation
SAMPA|/"fri:z/
IPA|/�fri�z/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�z|-i�z
Etymology
OE. fr�osan
Homophones
frees
Noun
en-noun
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- curling A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- finance A block on pay rises
Translations
trans-top|period of cold
Catalan: glaçada f, gelada f
Czech: mráz m
Finnish: pakkasjakso
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Spanish: helada f
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trans-top|curling term
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trans-top|finance
Finnish: jäädytys, sulku
Italian: blocco m
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Verb
en-verb|freezes|freezing|froze or rarely frore|frozen or rarely froren
- intransitive To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
#* It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.
- context|intransitive|informal To be very cold.
#* It's freezing in here!
- intransitive Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
#* The pond has frozen over.
#* Vodka won't freeze in there, but beer will.
- transitive To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
#* Don't freeze meat twice.
- intransitive To become motionless.
#:* The squirrel froze when it saw the hawk overhead.
Synonyms
solidify
Antonyms
unfreeze
defrost
liquify
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Antonyms)
trans-top|to drop below zero
Dutch: vriezen
Finnish: pakastaa, olla pakkanen|pakkasta
French: geler
German: frieren
Italian: gelare
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Spanish: helar
Swedish: frysa
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trans-top|to be very cold
Czech: mrznout
Finnish: jäätää
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trans-top|to become solid due to low temperature
Breton: sonnañ
Catalan: glaçar, gelar
Czech: zmrznout
Dutch: bevriezen
Finnish: jäätyä
French: glacer
German: gefrieren
Indonesian: beku|membeku, beku|membekukan
Interlingua: congelar
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Japanese: �� (���, kooru), ���� (�����, kooraseru)
Korean: �� (eolda)
Norwegian (Bokmål+Nynorsk): fryse
Polish: zamarza�
Portuguese: congelar
Romanian: îngheţa, congela
Russian: t|ru|заме�за��|trzam'erzát' impf,t|ru|зам��зн���|trzam'órznut' pf
Swedish: frysa
Turkish: donmak
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trans-top|to lower something's temperature to freezing point
Breton: skornañ
Catalan: congelar
Czech: zmrazit
Dutch: bevriezen, invriezen, vriezen
Finnish: jäädyttää, pakastaa
French: congeler
German: einfrieren
Indonesian: beku|membeku, beku|membekukan
Italian: raffreddare
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Japanese: �� (���, kooru), ���� (�����, kooraseru)
Korean: �리� (eollida)
Norwegian (Bokmål+Nynorsk): fryse
Portuguese: congelar
Russian: t|ru|замо�ажива��|trzamoráživat' impf, t|ru|замо�ози��|trzamorózit' pf
Spanish: helar
Swedish: frysa
Turkish: dondurmak
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trans-top|to become motionless
Breton: chom a-sav krenn
Czech: ztuhnout or znehybn�t
Dutch: verstijven
Finnish: jähmettyä
French: se figer
German: erstarren
Indonesian: beku|membeku, beku|membekukan
Italian: congelare
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Japanese: �� (���, kooru), ���� (�����, kooraseru)
Korean: ���� (eorEobutda)
Norwegian (Bokmål+Nynorsk): fryse
Polish: zastygn�� w bezruchu
Russian: t|ru|зами�а��|trzamirát' impf, t|ru|заме�е��|trzam'er'ét' pf; t|ru|за���ва��|trzastyvát' impf, t|ru|за�����|trzastýt' pf
Swedish: frysa
Turkish: donmak
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ttbc|Breton: reviñ, ober skorn, skornañ
ttbc|Catalan: glaçar, gelar
ttbc|Indonesian: beku|membeku, beku|membekukan
ttbc|Interlingua: gelar
ttbc|Italian: gelare, ghiacciare
ttbc|Japanese: �� (���, kooru), ���� (�����, kooraseru)
ttbc|Korean: �� (eolda)
ttbc|Norwegian (Bokmål+Nynorsk): fryse
ttbc|Polish: marzn��
ttbc|Portuguese: gelar
ttbc|Romanian: îngheţa
ttbc|Swedish: frysa
ttbc|Turkish: donmak
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Interjection
en-intj
- idiom Used, usually by authority figures, to command someone to stop everything they're doing and become still.
Related terms
frost
Derived terms
deep-freeze
deep freeze
freeze-dry
freeze over
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