Definitions for freeze
The noun freeze has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
(the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)
(weather cold enough to cause freezing)
(an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze")
(fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring")
The verb freeze has 10 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
(stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze")
(change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze")
(be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on")
(cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food")
(stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country")
(be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo")
(change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit")
(prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government")
(anesthetize by cold)
(suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband")
