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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 | ||
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