Found 2 items, similar to froze.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: froze
freeze
n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn:
freezing]
2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn:
frost]
3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
movement;
“a halt in the arms race”;
“a nuclear freeze”
[syn:
halt]
4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level;
“a
freeze on hiring”
[also:
frozen,
froze]
freeze
v 1: change to ice;
“The water in the bowl froze” [ant:
boil]
2: stop moving or become immobilized;
“When he saw the police
car he froze” [syn:
stop dead]
3: be cold;
“I could freeze to death in this office when the
air conditioning is turned on”
4: cause to freeze;
“Freeze the leftover food”
5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
“Suspend the aid to the war-torn country” [syn:
suspend]
6: be very cold, below the freezing point;
“It is freezing in
Kalamazoo”
7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold;
“Water freezes at
32 degrees Fahrenheit” [syn:
freeze out,
freeze down]
8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);
“Blocked funds”;
“Freeze the assets of this hostile government” [syn:
block,
immobilize,
immobilise] [ant:
unblock,
unblock]
9: anesthetize by cold
10: suddenly behave coldly and formally;
“She froze when she saw
her ex-husband”
[also:
frozen,
froze]
froze
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freeze
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Froze
Froze
\Froze\,
imp. of
Freeze.
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Freeze
\Freeze\, v. i. [imp.
Froze (fr[=o]z); p. p.
Frozen
(fr[=o]"z'n); p. pr. & vb. n.
Freezing.] [OE. fresen,
freosen, AS. fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G.
frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius
cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient,
cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a]
ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf.
Frost.]
1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
hardened into ice or a like solid body.
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Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
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2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
freezes in the veins.
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To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
[Colloq.]
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