Freeze - Definition

n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn: freeze, freezing]
2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze,
frost]
3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn:
freeze, halt]
4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
freeze on hiring"
v 1: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
car he froze" [syn: freeze, stop dead]
2: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: boil]
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: freeze,
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, freeze out, freeze
down]
8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn:
freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise] [ant: free,
release, unblock, unfreeze]
9: anesthetize by cold
10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
her ex-husband"