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The Meaning of freeze
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(n.) A frieze.
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(v. i.) 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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(v. i.) 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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(v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
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(v. t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
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(n.) The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
Synonyms
frost
,
freezing
,
halt
,
hoarfrost
,
hoar
,
rime
,
icing
,
stay
,
hitch
,
stoppage
,
check
,
arrest
,
stop
,
block
,
stop dead
,
immobilize
,
suspend
,
freeze down
,
freeze out
,
immobilise
,
set aside
,
debar
,
pin
,
block up
,
lug
,
trap
,
obturate
,
jam
,
block off
,
close up
,
blank out
,
obstruct
,
deflect
,
parry
,
embarrass
,
kibosh
,
draw a blank
,
hinder
,
impede
,
forget
,
stuff
,
stymy
,
blockade
,
bar
,
occlude
,
barricade
,
choke up
,
stymie
Antonyms
unblock
,
unfreeze
,
boil
,
free
,
release
Homophones
freas
,
frease
,
freeh's
,
frees
,
freese
,
freis
,
frieze
,
friis
Rhymes
abductees
,
abdulaziz
,
abeles
,
absentees
,
abts
,
adoptees
,
agrees
,
amputees
,
andries
,
annamese
,
appease
,
ashis
,
aziz
,
balinese
,
beas
,
bees
,
beese
,
belize
,
bes
,
brees
,
breese
,
breeze
,
brunjes
,
burmese
,
cadiz
,
cantonese
,
cds
,
cees
,
celanese
,
cheese
,
chemise
,
cherokees
,
chinese
,
conferees
,
congolese
,
crees
,
creese
,
damocles
,
deas
,
decrees
,
deese
,
degrees
,
deis
,
delouis
,
detainees
,
devotees
,
diocese
,
dioceses
,
disagrees
,
disease
,
displease
,
draftees
,
drees
,
dreese
,
dreis
,
duvrees
,
ease
,
emphases
,
enlistees
,
enrollees
,
expertise
,
feaze
,
feces
,
fees
,
feeze
,
flees
,
foresees
,
franchisees
,
francies
,
freas
,
frease
,
frees
,
freese
,
freis
,
frieze
,
friis
,
furches
,
geez
,
gies
,
glees
,
guarantees
,
headcheese
,
hees
,
heese
,
hercules
,
honorees
,
hyades
,
idiosyncrasies
,
indices
,
indochinese
,
inductees
,
internees
,
interviewees
,
isosceles
,
japanese
,
javanese
,
jaycees
,
jeez
,
journalese
,
keas
,
kees
,
keese
,
keys
,
klees
,
knees
,
kreis
,
kriese
,
leas
,
lebanese
,
lees
,
lessees
,
licensees
,
louise
,
maccabees
,
maltese
,
manganese
,
matterease
,
mcclees
,
mclees
,
mcnease
,
mcnees
,
mease
,
mees
,
meis
,
mores
,
neas
,
nease
,
nees
,
neese
,
neis
,
nepalese
,
niese
,
nobodies
,
nominees
,
ortiz
,
overseas
,
pawnees
,
peas
,
pease
,
peise
,
pleas
,
please
,
pleiades
,
plese
,
portuguese
,
preas
,
preis
,
rameses
,
ramesses
,
ramses
,
realities
,
reas
,
rees
,
referees
,
reis
,
reprise
,
resignees
,
retirees
,
ruiz
,
rupees
,
schweiz
,
scorsese
,
seas
,
sease
,
sees
,
seese
,
seize
,
senegalese
,
siamese
,
sies
,
sinhalese
,
skees
,
sneeze
,
socrates
,
speas
,
spease
,
spees
,
spiess
,
sprees
,
squeeze
,
stds
,
stees
,
striptease
,
sudanese
,
sundays
,
taiwanese
,
talese
,
teas
,
tease
,
tees
,
testes
,
these
,
thies
,
threes
,
trainees
,
trapeze
,
trease
,
trustees
,
tweeze
,
underseas
,
unease
,
vees
,
vries
,
wease
,
weese
,
wheeze
,
wiese
,
yeas
,
zeese
,
zeis