Define the word froze"Froze" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. Froze (fr[=o]z); p. p. Frozen
(fr[=o]"z'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing.] [OE. fresen,
freosen, AS. fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G.
frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius
cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient,
cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a]
ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf. Frost.]
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.
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Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
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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.
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To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
[Colloq.]
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"Froze" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Froze \Froze\,
imp. of Freeze.
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"froze" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
freeze
n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn: freezing]
2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: frost]
3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
[syn: halt]
4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
freeze on hiring"
v 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: boil]
2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
car he froze" [syn: stop dead]
3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the
air conditioning is turned on"
4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: suspend]
6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
Kalamazoo"
7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: freeze out, freeze down]
8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: block,
immobilize, immobilise] [ant: unblock, unblock]
9: anesthetize by cold
10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
her ex-husband"
[also: frozen, froze]
"froze" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
froze
See freeze
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