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- [freez]
- /friz/
- /friːz/
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- [freez]
- /friz/
Definitions of freeze word
- verb without object freeze to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. 1
- verb without object freeze to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat, as objects containing moisture: Meat will freeze in a few hours. 1
- verb without object freeze to suffer the effects of intense cold; have the sensation of extreme cold: We sat there freezing until the heat came on. 1
- verb without object freeze to be of the degree of cold at which water freezes: It may freeze tonight. 1
- verb without object freeze to lose warmth of feeling; be stunned or chilled with fear, shock, etc.: My heart froze when she told me the news. 1
- verb without object freeze to become immobilized through fear, shock, etc.: When he got in front of the audience he froze. 1
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Origin of freeze
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
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 frese, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Freeze
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
freeze popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
freeze usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for freeze
verb freeze
- refrigerate — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- stiffen — to make stiff.
- pierce — to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- benumb — to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold
noun freeze
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- embargo — Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- suspension — the act of suspending.
- interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.
Antonyms for freeze
verb freeze
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- liquefy — Make or become liquid.
- melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- boil — When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
noun freeze
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
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