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halt, frost, freezing, block, immobilize, immobilise, suspend, freeze out, freeze down, stop dead Definition: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring";an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze";weather cold enough to cause freezing;the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid;suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband";anesthetize by cold;be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on";prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government";stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country";change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze";cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food";change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit";stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze";be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo";
Hyponyms: hiring freeze, price freeze, wage freeze, freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation, frost, icing, glaciate, deep freeze, quick-freeze, flash-freeze, fixate, settle on Grouped Verbs: freeze out, freeze down Entailments: solidify Derivational Morphology:
block, immobilize, immobilise, stop, halt, kibosh, hold, arrest, suspend, frost, freeze out, freeze down, pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension, abeyance, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement, freezing, deep-freeze, Deepfreeze, deep freezer, freezer
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