Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
The lake froze solid.
To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
Don't freeze meat twice.
To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.
To be affected by extreme cold.
Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!
(of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
Since the last update, the program freezes / freezes up after a few minutes of use.
(of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze up as soon as I got on stage.
To cause someone to become motionless.
To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances.
To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
The court froze the criminal's bank account.
Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
A period of intensely cold weather.
A halt of a regular operation.
The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
a hiring freeze; a pay freeze
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
A banner with a series of pictures.
The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.