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• FREEZE (noun)
Meaning:
The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
freezing; freeze
Hypernyms ("freeze" is a kind of...):
chilling; cooling; temperature reduction (the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature)
phase change; phase transition; physical change; state change (a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freeze"):
freeze-drying; lyophilisation; lyophilization (a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes)
frost; icing (the formation of frost or ice on a surface)
Meaning:
Weather cold enough to cause freezing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
freeze; frost
Hypernyms ("freeze" is a kind of...):
cold weather (a period of unusually cold weather)
Meaning:
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
freeze; halt
Context examples:
a halt in the arms race / a nuclear freeze
Hypernyms ("freeze" is a kind of...):
pause (temporary inactivity)
Meaning:
Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
a freeze on hiring
Hypernyms ("freeze" is a kind of...):
limitation; restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freeze"):
hiring freeze (freeze on hiring)
price freeze (freeze of prices at a given level)
wage freeze (freeze of wages at a given level)
• FREEZE (verb)
Meaning:
Change to ice
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The water in the bowl froze
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
"Freeze" entails doing...:
solidify (become solid)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "freeze"):
glaciate (become frozen and covered with glaciers)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The water freezes
Antonym:
boil (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor)
Meaning:
Stop moving or become immobilized
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
stop dead; freeze
Context example:
When he saw the police car he froze
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
stand still (remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "freeze"):
fixate; settle on (become fixed (on))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be cold
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
suffer (feel unwell or uncomfortable)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Meaning:
Cause to freeze
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Freeze the leftover food
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
freeze (change to ice)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "freeze"):
deep freeze (store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation)
flash-freeze; quick-freeze (freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs freeze the vegetables
Meaning:
Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
suspend; freeze
Context example:
Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
break; interrupt (terminate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be very cold, below the freezing point
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
It is freezing in Kalamazoo
Sentence frame:
It is ----ing
Sentence example:
It was freezeing all day long
Meaning:
Change from a liquid to a solid when cold
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
freeze out; freeze down; freeze
Context example:
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
solidify (become solid)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
immobilize; immobilise; freeze; block
Context examples:
Blocked funds / Freeze the assets of this hostile government
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
keep back; withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They freeze the money
Antonym:
unfreeze (make (assets) available)
Meaning:
Anesthetize by cold
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
anaesthetise; anaesthetize; anesthetise; anesthetize; put out; put to sleep; put under (make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs)
Domain category:
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Suddenly behave coldly and formally
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
She froze when she saw her ex-husband
Hypernyms (to "freeze" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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