freeze

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈfriːz/
• SAMPA: /"fri:z/

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• Homophone: frees

Verb

Plain form freeze

Third-person singular freezes

Past tense froze

Past participle frozen

Present participle freezing

1. (transitive) If you freeze something, you cool it until it becomes solid.

   Water freezes at 0°C.

   The chicken will go bad soon. We should freeze it and then we can cook it next week.

2. (intransitive) If you freeze, you feel very cold.

   I was freezing because I had forgotten my coat.

Noun

Singular freeze

Plural freezes

1. (countable) A freeze is a time when the temperature is cold.
2. (countable) A freeze is when the usual way things are done is stopped.

Related words

• freezer
• unfreeze