freeze :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

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"

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"

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"

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