Definitions for freeze

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IPA: /friz/

Freeze is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in freeze (eeefrz).

Definitions for freeze

noun

1. the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
2. Also called ice-up. Meteorology. a widespread occurrence of temperatures below 32°F (0°C) persisting for at least several days:
3. a frost.
4. a legislative action, especially in time of national emergency, to control prices, rents, production, etc.:
5. a decision by one or more nations to stop or limit production or development of weapons, especially nuclear weapons.

Verb phrases

1. freeze on/onto, Informal. to adhere closely to; hold on; seize.
2. freeze out, to exclude or compel (somebody) to withdraw from membership, acceptance, a position of influence or advantage, etc., by cold treatment or severe competition.
3. freeze over, to coat or become coated with ice:

verb (used with object)

1. to harden into ice; change from a fluid to a solid form by loss of heat; congeal.
2. to form ice on the surface of (a river, pond, etc.).
3. to harden or stiffen (an object containing moisture) by cold.
4. to quick-freeze.
5. to subject to freezing temperature; place in a freezer or in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator.
6. to cause to suffer the effects of intense cold; produce the sensation of extreme cold in.
7. to cause to lose warmth as if by cold; chill with fear; dampen the enthusiasm of.
8. to cause (a person or animal) to become fixed through fright, alarm, shock, etc.:
9. to kill by frost or cold:
10. to fix fast with ice:
11. to obstruct or close (a pipe or the like) by the formation of ice:
12. to fix (rents, prices, etc.) at a specific amount, usually by government order.
13. to stop or limit production, use, or development of:
14. Finance. to render impossible of liquidation or collection:
15. Surgery. to render part of the body insensitive to pain or slower in its function by artificial means.
16. Cards. Canasta. to play a wild card on (the discard pile) so as to make it frozen. Poker. to eliminate (other players) in a game of freezeout.
17. to photograph (a moving subject) at a shutter speed fast enough to produce an unblurred, seemingly motionless image.
18. Movies. to stop by means of a freeze-frame mechanism:
19. Sports. to maintain possession of (a ball or puck) for as long as possible, usually without trying to score, thereby reducing the opponent's opportunities for scoring.
20. Ice Hockey. to hold (a puck) against the boards with the skates or stick, causing play to stop and forcing a face-off.

verb (used without object)

1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
2. to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat, as objects containing moisture:
3. to suffer the effects of intense cold; have the sensation of extreme cold:
4. to be of the degree of cold at which water freezes:
5. to lose warmth of feeling; be stunned or chilled with fear, shock, etc.:
6. to become immobilized through fear, shock, etc.:
7. to stop suddenly and remain motionless; halt:
8. to become obstructed by the formation of ice, as pipes:
9. to die or be injured because of frost or cold.
10. (of a screw, nail, or the like) to become rigidly fixed in place, as from rust or dirt.
11. to become fixed to something by or as if by the action of frost.
12. to become unfriendly, secretive, or aloof (often followed by up):
13. to become temporarily inoperable; cease to function (often followed by up):

Origin of freeze

before 1000; (v.) Middle English fresen, Old English frēosan; cognate with Middle Low German vrēsen, Old Norse frjōsa, Old High German friosan (German frieren); (noun) late Middle English fre

Examples for freeze

Put him in a car of dressed beef and he'd freeze it between here and Spokane.

In fact, days after Thompson was elected last November, he requested that Hynes freeze any new ruling on the Lebovits case.

Wagon-tracks along the road were filled with water and had begun to freeze.

Content to starve, content to freeze, if only he need not be carried into captivity.

But in Syria, where Shia are a minority, a post-ISIS future threatens to freeze Iran out.

"But it never has been cold enough to freeze your tail off," said the Prince, consolingly.

The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.

MAKE IT AHEAD: Assemble the pot pies completely, cover tightly, and refrigerate for up to a day or freeze for up to a month.

To get the product from manufacturer to arm, the product is lyophilized (a fancy word for freeze dried).

He laughed—a low laugh that seemed to freeze the air around him.