• noun:   fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level

  Example: "A freeze on hiring"

• noun:   an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

  Example: "A nuclear freeze"

• noun:   weather cold enough to cause freezing
• noun:   the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
• verb:   anesthetize by cold
• verb:   prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

  Example: "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

• verb:   be very cold, below the freezing point
• verb:   stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
• verb:   change to ice
• verb:   cause to freeze

  Example: "Freeze the leftover food"

• verb:   change from a liquid to a solid when cold

  Example: "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"

• verb:   be cold

  Example: "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"

• verb:   suddenly behave coldly and formally
• verb:   stop moving or become immobilized
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8141)

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