1. (

• freeze ,
• stop_dead

) stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" ;

2. (

• freeze

) change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" ;

3. (

• freeze

) be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" ;

4. (

• freeze ,

) cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" ;

5. (

• freeze ,
• suspend

) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" ;

6. (

• freeze ,

) be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo" ;

7. (

• freeze ,
• freeze_out ,
• freeze_down

) change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" ;

8. (

• freeze ,
• block ,
• immobilize ,
• immobilise ,

) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" ;

9. (

• freeze ,

) anesthetize by cold ;

10. (

• freeze ,

) suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband" ;

1. (

• frozen

) turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook" ;

2. (

• frozen ,
• rooted ,
• stock-still

) absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment" ;

3. (

• frigid ,
• frosty ,
• frozen ,
• glacial ,
• icy ,
• wintry

) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" ;

4. (

• frozen

) not thawed ;

5. (

• flash-frozen ,
• quick-frozen ,
• frozen

) (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods" ;

6. (

• frozen

) not convertible to cash; "frozen assets" ;

7. (

• fixed ,
• frozen

) incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes" ;