English to English
noun
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
source: WordNet 3.0
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
source: WordNet 3.0
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
A halt in the arms race.
A nuclear freeze.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
A freeze on hiring.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A frieze.
source: Webster 1913
- The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- stop moving or become immobilized
When he saw the police car he froze.
source: WordNet 3.0
- change to ice
The water in the bowl froze.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be cold
I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to freeze
Freeze the leftover food.
source: WordNet 3.0
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
Suspend the aid to the war-torn country.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be very cold, below the freezing point
It is freezing in Kalamazoo.
source: WordNet 3.0
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
source: WordNet 3.0
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Blocked funds.
Freeze the assets of this hostile government.
source: WordNet 3.0
- anesthetize by cold
source: WordNet 3.0
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
She froze when she saw her ex-husband.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [friz] Magíng yelo
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
