freeze
(verb) suddenly behave coldly and formally; “She froze when she saw her ex-husband”
freeze
(verb) anesthetize by cold
freeze
(verb) be cold; “I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on”
freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise
(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); “Blocked funds”; “Freeze the assets of this hostile government”
freeze, suspend
(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; “Suspend the aid to the war-torn country”
freeze
(verb) change to ice; “The water in the bowl froze”
freeze
(verb) cause to freeze; “Freeze the leftover food”
freeze, freeze out, freeze down
(verb) change from a liquid to a solid when cold; “Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit”
freeze, stop dead
(verb) stop moving or become immobilized; “When he saw the police car he froze”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
froze
simple past tense of freeze
(now, colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of freeze
Source: Wiktionary
Froze,
Definition: imp. of Freeze.
Freeze, n. (Arch.)
Definition: A frieze. [Obs.]
Freeze, v. i. [imp. Froze; p. p. Frozen; p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing.] Etym: [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. freĂłsan; 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. prushva ice, prush to spirt. 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.
Note: Water freezes at 32Âş above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40Âş 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.]
Freeze, v. t.
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. Shak.
Freeze, n.
Definition: The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
