English noun: freeze | |||
1. | freeze (process) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | ||
Synonyms | freezing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chilling, cooling, phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change, temperature reduction | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | freeze-drying, frost, icing, lyophilisation, lyophilization | ||
2. | freeze (phenomenon) weather cold enough to cause freezing | ||
Synonyms | frost | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cold weather | ||
3. | freeze (act) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement | ||
Samples | A halt in the arms race. A nuclear freeze. | ||
Synonyms | halt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pause | ||
4. | freeze (act) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level | ||
Samples | A freeze on hiring. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | limitation, restriction | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hiring freeze, price freeze, wage freeze | ||
English verb: freeze | |||
1. | freeze (motion) stop moving or become immobilized | ||
Samples | When he saw the police car he froze. | ||
Synonyms | stop dead | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stand still | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fixate, settle on | ||
2. | freeze (change) change to ice | ||
Samples | The water in the bowl froze. | ||
Examples | The water freezes | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | glaciate | ||
Entail | solidify | ||
Verb group | freeze, freeze down, freeze out | ||
Antonyms | boil | ||
3. | freeze (body) be cold | ||
Samples | I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody's (body part) ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | suffer | ||
4. | freeze (change) cause to freeze | ||
Samples | Freeze the leftover food. | ||
Examples | The chefs freeze the vegetables | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deep freeze, flash-freeze, ice, quick-freeze | ||
Cause | freeze | ||
5. | freeze (change) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | ||
Samples | Suspend the aid to the war-torn country. | ||
Synonyms | suspend | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break, interrupt | ||
6. | freeze (weather) be very cold, below the freezing point | ||
Samples | It is freezing in Kalamazoo. | ||
Examples | It was freezeing all day long | ||
Pattern of use | It is ----ing | ||
7. | freeze (change) change from a liquid to a solid when cold | ||
Samples | Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
Synonyms | freeze down, freeze out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | solidify | ||
Verb group | freeze | ||
Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
8. | freeze (change) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | ||
Samples | Blocked funds. Freeze the assets of this hostile government. | ||
Examples | They freeze the money | ||
Synonyms | block, immobilise, immobilize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | keep back, withhold | ||
Antonyms | unfreeze, unblock, release, free | ||
9. | freeze (body) anesthetize by cold | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under | ||
Domain category | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | ||
10. | freeze (body) suddenly behave coldly and formally | ||
Samples | She froze when she saw her ex-husband. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, behave, do | ||