Froze

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Froze \Froze\,
     imp. of {Freeze}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  froze
       See {freeze}