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Meaning of
freeze
in English
freeze
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Plural
freezes
Past Tense
froze
Past Participle
frozen
Participle Verb
freezing
Third Person Singular
freezes
Definitions
Verb
to
become
solid
due
to
cold
(
liquid
)
The
water
will
freeze
in
the
cold
weather
.
to
lower
temperature
to
a
solid
state
Please
freeze
the
meat
at
a
temperature
of
-18
degrees
.
to
suddenly
stop
working
(
machines
,
software
)
The
computer
will
freeze
if
you
overload
it
with
too
many
programs
.
become
motionless
due
to
emotion
;
surprise
She
froze
in
terror
when
she
saw
the
snake
in
her
room
.
to
restrict
financial
assets
;
prevent
movement
The
government
will
freeze
the
company's
assets
during
the
investigation
.
to
fix
prices
or
rates
;
prevent
increase
The
regulatory
agency
decided
to
freeze
the
prices
of
essential
goods
.
to
halt
visual
updates
;
prevent
changes
The
program
will
freeze
the
display
to
prevent
further
changes
.
Noun
a
system
state
;
unresponsive
to
inputs
The
computer
entered
a
freeze
state
and
stopped
responding
to
keyboard
inputs
.
a
restriction
on
financial
increases
or
new
hires
The
company
is
currently
under
a
freeze
on
hiring
new
employees
.
Compounds / Phrases
antifreeze
prefreeze
freezeout
deep freeze
freeze up
antifreezes
deepfreeze
postfreeze
freeze out
