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Noun freeze has 4 senses
  1. freeze, freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
    --1 is a kind of cooling, chilling, temperature reduction; phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
    --1 has particulars:
     freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation; frost, icing
    Derived forms: verb freeze4, verb freeze1
  2. freeze, frost - weather cold enough to cause freezing
    --2 is a kind of cold weather
    Derived forms: verb freeze6, verb freeze3
  3. freeze, halt - an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
    --3 is a kind of pause
    Derived form: verb freeze5
  4. freeze - fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"
    --4 is a kind of     limitation, restriction
    --4 has particulars: hiring freeze; price freeze; wage freeze
    Derived form: verb freeze8
,Verb freeze has 10 senses
  1. freeze - change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
    --1 is one way to     change state, turn
    Antonyms: boil
    Derived forms: noun freeze1, noun freezing1
    Sample sentence:
    The water freezes
  2. freeze, stop dead - stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
    --2 is one way to stand still
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  3. freeze - be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
    --3 is one way to     suffer
    Derived form: noun freeze2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody's (body part) ----s
  4. freeze - cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
    --4 is one way to     change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun freeze1, noun freezer1, noun freezing1
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs freeze the vegetables
  5. freeze, suspend - stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
    --5 is one way to interrupt, break
    Derived form: noun freeze3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  6. freeze - be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
    Derived forms: noun freeze2, noun freezing1
    Sample sentence:
    It was freezeing all day long
  7. freeze, freeze out, freeze down - change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
    --7 is one way to solidify
    Derived form: noun freezing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
    --8 is one way to withhold, keep back
    Antonyms: unblock, unfreeze, free, release
    Derived form: noun freeze4
    Sample sentence:
    They freeze the money
  9. freeze - anesthetize by cold
    --9 is one way to     anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put to sleep, put under, put out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  10. freeze - suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
    --10 is one way to     act, behave, do
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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