freeze
verb
[ friːz ]
• (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
• "in the winter the milk froze"
• store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it.
• "the cake can be frozen"
Similar:
deep-freeze,
quick-freeze,
freeze-dry,
put in the freezer,
pack in ice,
put on ice,
ice,
store at a low temperature,
chill,
cool,
refrigerate,
preserve,
• become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.
• "she froze in horror"
Similar:
stop dead,
stop in one's tracks,
stop,
stand (stock) still,
go rigid,
become motionless,
become paralysed,
Opposite:
run away,
• hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time.
• "new spending on defence was to be frozen"
Similar:
fix,
suspend,
hold,
peg,
set,
limit,
restrict,
curb,
check,
cap,
confine,
control,
regulate,
hold/keep down,
freeze
noun
• an act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.
• "workers faced a pay freeze"
• a period of frost or very cold weather.
• "the big freeze surprised the weathermen"
Origin:
Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost.
