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Meaning
Verb
●
In Temperature:
Especially of a
liquid
, to become
solid
due to low temperature.
●
In Temperature:
To lower
something's
temperature
to the point
that it
freezes
or becomes hard.
●
In Temperature:
To
drop
to a
temperature
below
zero
degrees celsius
, where water
turns to
ice.
●
To be
affected
by
extreme
cold.
●
(of
machines
and
software
) To
come to
a
sudden
halt
,
stop
working (functioning).
●
(of people and other
animals
) To
stop
(become
motionless
) or be
stopped
due to
attentiveness
,
fear
,
surprise
, etc.
●
To cause someone to become motionless.
●
In Temperature:
To
lose
or cause to
lose
warmth
of
feeling
; to
shut out
; to ostracize.
●
In Temperature:
To cause
loss
of
animation
or life in, from
lack
of
heat
; to give the
sensation
of
cold
to; to chill.
●
To
prevent
the
movement
or
liquidation
of a person's financial assets
●
Of
prices
,
spending
etc; to
keep at
the same level, without any increase.
●
In Internet:
To
prevent
from
showing
any
visible
change.
Noun
●
In Temperature:
A
period
of
intensely
cold
weather.
●
A
halt
of a
regular
operation.
●
In Computing:
The state when either a
single
computer program
, or the whole system
ceases
to
respond
to inputs.
●
In 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.
●
In Business & Finance:
A
block
on
pay rises
or on the
hiring
of new
employees etc.
●
Obsolete form of frieze.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
freeze
English
fresen
Middle English (1100-1500)
freosan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Solidify
Hang
Seize
Halt
Immobilize
Stop
Frozen
Arrest
Freeze Up
Lock Up
Seize Up
Grind To A Halt
Antonyms
Defrost
Liquify
Unfreeze
Liquefy
Related
Thaw
Defrost
Refrigerate
Reheat
Drop
Burn
Soak
Compress
Dry
Dip
Squeeze
Drain
Shutdown
Blow
Crash
Cold
Cool
Hold
Break
Cut
Dissolve
Fix
Thawing
Drying
Harden
Lock
Evaporate
Restart
Cryo
Collapse
Dehydrate
Shrink
Shake
Cooling
Close
Wet
Block
Suspend
Overheat
Raise
Moratorium
Release
Stir
Remove
Vaporize
Cap
Suffocate
Bake
Pause
Stabilize
Limit
Closure
Heating
Explode
Cooled
Mix
Melting
Flatten
Slow Down
Cool Down
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Rhymes
Qis
Bes
Ease
Keys
Seas
Bees
Fees
Sees
Geez
Teas
Leas
Peas
Pleas
Feeze
Tease
Keays
Fries
Trees
Pease
Anise
Algiz
Fleas
Peise
These
Keyes
Frieze
Freeze
Please
Cheese
Breeze
Wheeze
Sleaze
Tweeze
Sneeze
Louise
Eloise
Grease
Degrees
Chinese
Maltese
Burmese
Elouise
Trapeze
Squeeze
Disease
Elouisa
Appease
Faroese
Japanese
Rwandese
Togolese
Javanese
Canarese
Gabonese
Viennese
Nepalese
Guyanese
Lebanese
Beninese
Unfreeze
Refreeze
Overseas
Sudanese
Displease
Cantonese
Academese
Berlinese
Congolese
Expertise
Pekingese
Bordelese
Sinhalese
Taiwanese
Bhutanese
Ningbonese
Portuguese
Reunionese
Surinamese
Vietnamese
Senegalese
Pitcairnese
Marshallese
Shanghainese
Blue Cheese
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