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Oxford 5000 vocabulary |B1|SPEAKING vocabularyWRITING vocabularyfreeze /friːz/ verb (past tense froze /frəʊz $ froʊz/, past participle frozen /ˈfrəʊzən $ ˈfroʊ-/)
freeze noun
Irregular Forms: (froze)(frozen)
منجمد شدن، یخ بستن
منجمد شدن، بی اندازه سرد کردن، فلج کردن، فلج شدن، ثابت کردن، مسدود کردن، ثابت نگاه داشتن، غیرقابل حرکت ساختن، یخ زدگی، افسردگی، بازرگانی: محدودیت عدم امکان تغییر، ورزش: حفظ توپ
freeze[verb]Synonyms:- chill, harden, ice over
or up, stiffen
- suspend, fix, hold up, inhibit, peg, stop
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. freeze1 S3 W3 /friːz/
verb (
past tense froze /frəʊz $ froʊz/,
past participle frozen /ˈfrəʊz
ən $ ˈfroʊ-/)
[
Word Family: noun:
freeze,
freezer,
freezing,
antifreeze;
adjective:
freezing,
frozen;
verb:
freeze;
adverb:
freezing]
[
Language: Old English;
Origin: freosan]
1. LIQUID [intransitive and transitive] if a liquid or something wet freezes or is frozen, it becomes hard and solid because the temperature is very cold ⇒
melt,
thaw:
The lake had frozen overnight.2. FOOD [intransitive and transitive] to preserve food for a long time by keeping it at a very low temperature, or to be preserved in this way:
I think I’ll freeze that extra meat. Tomatoes don’t freeze well.3. MACHINE/ENGINE [intransitive] if a machine, engine, pipe etc freezes, the liquid inside it becomes solid with cold, so that it does not work properly:
The water pipes have frozen.4. WEATHER it freezes if it freezes outside, the temperature falls to or below
freezing point:
Do you think it’ll freeze tonight?5. FEEL COLD [intransitive] to feel very cold:
I nearly froze to death watching that football match.6. WAGES/PRICES [transitive] if a government or company freezes wages, prices etc, they do not increase them for a period of time:
The government has been forced to cut spending and freeze public-sector wages.7. MONEY/PROPERTY [transitive] to legally prevent money in a bank from being spent, property from being sold etc:
The court froze their assets.8. STOP MOVING [intransitive] to stop moving suddenly and stay completely still and quiet:
I froze and listened; someone was in my apartment.freeze with She froze with horror.9. FILM [transitive] to stop a film or video in order to be able to look at a particular part of it ⇒
freeze-frame:
He froze the picture on the screen.10. sb’s blood freezes used to say that someone is very frightened or shocked:
I heard his scream and felt my blood freeze.freeze somebody ↔ out phrasal verb to deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something, by making it difficult for them, being unkind to them etc:
Why did you freeze me out?freeze over phrasal verb if an area or pool of water freezes over, its surface turns into ice:
The lake has frozen over.freeze up phrasal verb1. if a machine, engine, or pipe freezes up, the liquid inside becomes solid with cold so that it does not work properly
Synonym : freeze2. to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally:
I wouldn’t know what to say. I’d just freeze up. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. freeze2 noun [
Word Family: noun:
freeze,
freezer,
freezing,
antifreeze;
adjective:
freezing,
frozen;
verb:
freeze;
adverb:
freezing]
1. [countable] a time when people are not allowed to increase prices or pay
a price/pay/wage freezefreeze on a freeze on pay rises2. [countable] the stopping of some activity or process
freeze on The government have imposed a freeze on civil service appointments.3. [singular] British English a period of extremely cold weather
4. [countable usually singular] American English a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is extremely low
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deep freeze [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲