Nouns (4)
freeze
n. fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"
halt
n. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
frost
n. weather cold enough to cause freezing
freezing
n. the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
Verbs (12)
freeze
v. suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
freeze
v. be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
anesthetize by cold
v. anesthetize by cold
suspend
v. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
change to ice
v. change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
cause to freeze
v. cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
block, immobilize
v. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
freeze out, freeze down
v. change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
become immobilized, stop dead
v. stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (37)
control, controlling
n. the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
dissolve, break up
v. as of a marriage
finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over
v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from
v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
break, stop, break off, discontinue
v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
suspend, set aside
v. make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
suspend
v. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
paralyze, paralyse, make powerless
v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
paralyze, paralyse, make powerless
v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
blunt, dull, numb, benumb
v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
petrify
v. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
Synonyms (0)
Antonyms (6)
melting, thaw, thawing, melt
n. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
boil, come to the boiling point
v. come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
freeze
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