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freeze
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- pronunciation:
- friz
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
freezes, freezing, froze, frozen |
| definition 1: |
When something freezes, it becomes ice or something solid because it is very cold.
Every winter, the lake freezes.- antonyms:
- melt, thaw
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| definition 2: |
If you freeze something, you make it into ice or something solid by making it very cold. If the cold wind freezes the pond, the wind turns the pond into ice.
I made ice cream by mixing cream, sugar, and vanilla and then freezing it. |
| definition 3: |
When you freeze food, you make it extra cold so that it gets solid. This keeps it fresh for a long time.
Freeze the meat if you do not plan to cook it right away.We froze the vegetables that we grew in the garden. |
| definition 4: |
When something freezes, it becomes blocked by or filled with ice.
Our water pipes froze last winter. |
| definition 5: |
When something suddenly stops or becomes still, we say that it freezes.
When I heard a loud noise outside my door, I froze. |
| definition 6: |
When you are freezing, you feel very cold in your body.
Courtney said she was freezing and went back inside where it was warm. |
| related words: |
bite, chill, halt |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
When there is a freeze, it means that there is a period of very cold weather.
The long freeze was bad for the farmer's crops.- antonyms:
- thaw
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| derivation: |
freezable (adj.) |
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