Main entry: freeze
Definition: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
Usage: a freeze on hiring
Definition: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
Usage: a halt in the arms race; a nuclear freeze
Definition: weather cold enough to cause freezing
Definition: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
Main entry: freeze
Definition: suddenly behave coldly and formally
Usage: She froze when she saw her ex-husband
Main entry: freeze
Definition: anesthetize by cold
Main entry: freeze
Definition: be cold
Usage: I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on
Main entry: immobilise, immobilize, freeze, block
Definition: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Usage: Blocked funds; Freeze the assets of this hostile government
Definition: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
Usage: Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
Main entry: freeze
Definition: change to ice
Usage: The water in the bowl froze
Main entry: freeze
Definition: cause to freeze
Usage: Freeze the leftover food
Main entry: freeze, freeze down, freeze out
Definition: change from a liquid to a solid when cold
Usage: Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Definition: stop moving or become immobilized
Usage: When he saw the police car he froze
Main entry: freeze
Definition: be very cold, below the freezing point
Usage: It is freezing in Kalamazoo