Definitions for freeze-up

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Spelling: [freez-uhp]

IPA: /ˈfrizˌʌp/

Freeze-Up is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in freeze-up (-eeefpruz).

Definitions for freeze-up

noun

1. a freezing over of a body of water in an area.
2. a period of below-freezing temperatures.
3. the condition of being immobilized or inoperative through freezing:
4. the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
5. Also called ice-up. Meteorology. a widespread occurrence of temperatures below 32°F (0°C) persisting for at least several days:
6. a frost.
7. a legislative action, especially in time of national emergency, to control prices, rents, production, etc.:
8. 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-up

1875-80, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase freeze up

Examples for freeze-up

Last fall, before the freeze-up, him an' me was headin' for camp about twilight.

That the freeze-up might come any day was patent, and delays of safety were no longer considered.

They were getting in from the seal hunt ahead of the freeze-up, and he was to reach home none the worse for his adventure.

In Dawson City a thousand men, with dog-teams, were waiting the freeze-up to come out over the ice.

Gold-seekers who made in before the freeze-up carried the news of his coming.

There was nothing whatever to read in the cabin, and they had been there since the freeze-up!

We started for the Klondike in the fall rush of 1897, and we started too late to get over Chilcoot Pass before the freeze-up.

I haven't been shooting any since the freeze-up because they can't do any great damage.

It is only after the freeze-up that the surfaces of the lakes and rivers supply this desideratum.

The last river boat before the freeze-up had long since gone.