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freeze verb (freezes, froze, frozen , freezing) 1 tr & intr to change (a liquid) into a solid by cooling it to below its freezing point, eg to change water into ice. 2 said of a liquid: to change into a solid when it is cooled to below its freezing point. 3 tr & intr (often freeze together) to stick or cause to stick together by frost. 4 intrans said of the weather, temperature, etc: to be at or below the freezing-point of water • It's freezing today. 5 tr & intr, colloq to be or make very cold. 6 intrans to die of cold • The sheep froze in the drifts. 7 tr & intr said of food: to preserve, or be suitable for preserving, by refrigeration at below freezing-point. 8 tr & intr to make or become motionless or unable to move, because of fear, etc. 9 to fix (prices, wages, etc) at a certain level. 10 to prevent (money, shares, assets, etc) from being used • froze the bank account. 11 to stop (a video, a moving film, etc) at a certain frame. 12 intrans said of a computer program, system, etc: to stop working, usually so as to require the machine that the program is running on to be rebooted. 13 to stop (a process) at some point in its development to assess progress made. 14 to anaesthetize (a part of the body). noun 1 a period of very cold weather with temperatures below freezing-point. See also freeze-up. 2 a period of control of wages, prices, etc. exclamation, chiefly US a command to stop instantly or risk being shot. freezable adj.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon freosan.

frozen¹ adj 1 preserved by keeping at a temperature below freezing point. 2 very cold. 3 stiff and unfriendly.

frozen² past participle of freeze