Found 3 items, similar to freeze.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: freeze membeku, membekukan, menges
English → English (WordNet) Definition: freeze 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Freeze Freeze \Freeze\, v. t. 1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. [1913 Webster] A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To freeze out, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [Colloq.] A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection. --A. T. Hadley. It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F. Foster. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Freeze \Freeze\ (fr[=e]z), n. (Arch.) A frieze. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Freeze \Freeze\, n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]