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(verb) behave cold and formally |
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Related Words: act, behave, do |
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(verb) anesthetize by cold, as for certain surgical procedures |
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Related Words: anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put to sleep, put under |
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(verb) be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" |
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Related Words: suffer |
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(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" |
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Synonyms: block, immobilize |
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Related Words: keep back, withhold |
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Antonyms: unfreeze |
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(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" |
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Synonyms: suspend |
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Related Words: break, interrupt |
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(verb) change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" |
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Related Words: change state, glaciate, turn |
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Antonyms: boil |
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(verb) cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" |
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Related Words: alter, change, deep freeze, flash-freeze, quick-freeze |
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(verb) change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" |
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Synonyms: freeze down, freeze out |
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Related Words: solidify |
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(noun) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level: "a freeze on hiring" |
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Related Words: limitation, restriction, wage freeze |
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(noun) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement: "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" |
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Synonyms: halt |
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Related Words: pause |
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(verb) stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" |
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Synonyms: stop dead |
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Related Words: fixate, settle on, stand still |
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(verb) be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo" |
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(noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing |
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Synonyms: frost |
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Related Words: cold snap, cold spell, cold wave, cold weather |
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(noun) the withdrawal of hear to change something from a liquid to a solid |
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Synonyms: freezing |
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Related Words: chilling, cooling, frost, icing, phase change, phase transition, state change, temperature reduction |
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