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Word: Freeze
Speech Type: Verb
Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost
friːz
(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold
Short Definition:turn or be turned into ice
Examples:- in the winter the milk froze
- frost freezes water that has seeped into joints
store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it
Short Definition:store at very low temperature
Examples:- the cake can be frozen
become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock
Short Definition:become suddenly motionless with fear
Examples:- she froze in horror
hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time
Short Definition:keep at fixed level
Examples:- new spending on defence was to be frozen
Word: Freeze
Speech Type: Noun
friːz
an act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state
Short Definition:act of freezing something at fixed level
Examples:- workers faced a pay freeze
a period of frost or very cold weather
Short Definition:period of very cold weather
Examples:- the big freeze surprised the weathermen
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