freezing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
   freeze.
   
2. verb stop moving or become immobilized
   stop dead; freeze.
   
   • When he saw the police car he froze
3. verb change to ice
   freeze.
   
   • The water in the bowl froze
4. verb be cold
   freeze.
   
   • I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on
5. verb cause to freeze
   freeze.
   
   • Freeze the leftover food
6. verb stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
   suspend; freeze.
   
   • Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
7. verb be very cold, below the freezing point
   freeze.
   
   • It is freezing in Kalamazoo
8. verb change from a liquid to a solid when cold
   freeze out; freeze down; freeze.
   
   • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
9. verb prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
   immobilize; immobilise; block; freeze.
   
   • Blocked funds
   • Freeze the assets of this hostile government
10. verb anesthetize by cold
    freeze.
    
11. verb suddenly behave coldly and formally
    freeze.
    
    • She froze when she saw her ex-husband

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