verb Download 🔗Share Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. Examples : "The lake froze solid." weather physics science nature condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. Examples : "The chef is freezing the soup to preserve it for later. " weather physics condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. Examples : "The temperature outside froze last night, freezing the puddles into solid ice. " weather physics nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be affected by extreme cold. Examples : "My hands are freezing because I forgot my gloves. " weather sensation condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning). Examples : "Since the last update, the program freezes / freezes up after a few minutes of use." technology computing machine electronics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc. Examples : "Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze up as soon as I got on stage." body action sensation physiology animal human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause someone to become motionless. Examples : "The loud bang outside froze her in place, making her unable to move. " physiology sensation body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize. Examples : "Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances." attitude character emotion mind human person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. Examples : "The cold weather is freezing the lake, making it impossible to go ice skating. " weather physiology sensation condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets Examples : "The company froze the employees' retirement funds to avoid bankruptcy. " business finance law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature. Examples : "The freezing of the lake made ice skating possible for the children. " physics substance weather science condition nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The action of numbing with anesthetics. Examples : "The dentist administered a freezing before starting the root canal, so I wouldn't feel any pain. " medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Suffering or causing frost Examples : "The freezing temperatures outside made the school bus windows covered in frost. " weather sensation condition environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (by extension) Very cold Examples : "The classroom was freezing this morning; I had to wear my jacket inside. " weather sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading