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Definition freeze in British English

freeze verb

verb
/friːz/
1

if water freezes, or if something freezes it, it gets very cold and changes into ice

Example

The lake freezes in winter.

Example

The water in the cat's bowl was frozen solid.

Synonyms and related words
defrost freeze freeze up
1.1

if a liquid freezes or something freezes it, it becomes solid because it has reached a low temperature

Example

Liquid nitrogen freezes at minus 209 degrees Celsius.

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defrost freeze freeze up
1.2

if a substance freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes very cold and hard

Example

The soil had frozen.

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defrost freeze freeze up
1.3

if a pipe freezes, or if the weather freezes it, the water inside it becomes ice

Synonyms and related words
airlock back up blockage
1.4

if something such as a lock or a machine freezes, or if something freezes it, it gets stuck and cannot move

Example

The blanket had frozen to the windscreen.

Synonyms and related words
break down go off shut off
Example

You should freeze meat on the day that you buy it.

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bottle can cure
2.1

if food freezes, you can preserve it in this way

Example

Strawberries don't freeze very well.

Synonyms and related words
bottle can cure
2.2

if you freeze a human body or a part of the body, you preserve it by making it extremely cold

Example

The embryos are frozen at minus 20 degrees and stored.

Synonyms and related words
defrost freeze freeze up
Example

You'll freeze if you go out in that thin coat.

Example

The lambs looked as if they had frozen to death in the snow.

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chill shivery freeze
4

if it freezes, the temperature of the air goes down to 0° Celsius or below

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frost black ice icicle
5

to stop moving and keep completely still

Example

Freeze! Don't move a muscle!

Example

Kate froze in horror when she saw all the blood.

Example

I stood frozen to the spot, unable to believe my eyes.

Synonyms and related words
stop halt freeze
Example

Their wine glasses frozen in mid-air, they all stared at me.

Example

It seemed as though time had frozen.

Synonyms and related words
falter fall behind not be getting/going anywhere
5.2

if a computer screen freezes, or if something freezes it, the images on it become completely still and you cannot move them because there is something wrong with the computer

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abort bomb boot
5.3

to stop a video or film from moving forward, especially so you can look closely at one particular picture

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animation behind the scenes cine-film
6

to say officially that the rate or level of something must stay the same and not increase

Example

Wages were frozen until the end of December.

Example

We are freezing prices at 2006 levels.

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draw a line in the sand limit control
7

to legally stop a supply of money from being available to someone

Example

The courts have frozen her bank account.

Example

The company's assets could be frozen by the banks.

Synonyms and related words
interfere with inhibit disrupt
Definition freeze in British English