ENGLISH: freeze - CREOLE: konjile



Overview of noun freeze



The noun freeze has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. freeze, freezing -- (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)

2. freeze, frost -- (weather cold enough to cause freezing)

3. freeze, halt -- (an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze")

4. freeze -- (fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring")



Overview of verb freeze



The verb freeze has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (7) freeze -- (change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze")

2. (5) freeze, stop dead -- (stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze")

3. (3) freeze -- (be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on")

4. (1) freeze -- (cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food")

5. (1) freeze, suspend -- (stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country")

6. freeze -- (be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo")

7. freeze, freeze out, freeze down -- (change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit")

8. freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise -- (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government")

9. freeze -- (anesthetize by cold)

10. freeze -- (suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband")

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