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The Meaning of freeze

  • (n.) A frieze.
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
  • (v. t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
  • (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