All freeze synonyms
freeze
F f verb freeze
- refrigerate β to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- chill β When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- hold up β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- suspend β to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- stiffen β to make stiff.
- pierce β to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- benumb β to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold
- bite β If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
- frost β Robert (Lee) 1874β1963, U.S. poet.
- harden β to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
- congeal β When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
- solidify β to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- nip β to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- glaciate β to cover with ice or glaciers.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- dishearten β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dampen β To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- peg β a female given name, form of Peggy.
- immobilise β to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- immobilize β to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- cheque β A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- cool β Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- preserve β to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- mothball β a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- shelve β to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
noun freeze
- restriction β something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- embargo β Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- suspension β the act of suspending.
- interruption β an act or instance of interrupting.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.