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verb

Freeze v. t. (past froze; past part. frozen; pres. part. freezing)

1.

To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.

2.

To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. "A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life."

To freeze out, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. (Colloq.) "A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection." "It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again."

Freeze v. i. (past froze; past part. frozen; pres. part. freezing)

1.

To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body. Note: Water freezes at 32° above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40° below zero.

2.

To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins.

To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. (Colloq.)

noun

Freeze n. (Arch.) A frieze. (Obs.)

Freeze n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Freeze'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Freeze" Quotes from Famous Books

... one cup sugar, a pinch salt, one tablespoon vanilla; add to this one quart whipped cream, one pint each candied or preserved cherries, pineapple, and strawberries. Let custard cool before adding cream and fruit. Freeze ...

— Recipes Tried and True • the Ladies' Aid Society

... report, and in the face of opposition as bitter as sectarian bigotry can stir up. Persecution cannot bow the head, which seventy winters could not blanch, nor the terrors of excommunication chill the heart, in which age could not freeze the kindly flow of ...

— Isaac T. Hopper • L. Maria Child

... He's been waiting for me to get just where I am before He helped me. There is one more chance left, and I'll make the trial. I'll go down to the shore where I saw the big tracks in the snow. It's a long way, but I shall get there somehow. If God is going to be good to me, He won't let me freeze or faint on the way. Yes, I'll creep into bed now, and try to get a little sleep, for I must be strong in the morning." And with these words the poor woman crept off to her bed, and burrowed down, more like an animal than a human being, beside her little ones, as they lay huddled ...

— Holiday Tales - Christmas in the Adirondacks • W. H. H. Murray

... he has only a very thin blanket and sheet, and beneath these he feels decidedly chilly. The bed is warm enough, so far as it goes, but there is not enough of it. He draws it up round his chin, and then his feet begin to freeze. He pushes it down over his feet, and then all the top part ...

— Diary of a Pilgrimage • Jerome K. Jerome

... pointed to another goal. They sent her home in the care of a servant; and before the summer flushed the scanty borders of flowers on the newest graves in Haworth churchyard, Elizabeth Bronte was dead, no more to hunger, freeze, or sorrow. Her hard life of ten years was over. The second of the Bronte sisters had fallen a ...

— Emily Bront • A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

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