Standard Lemma guide

freeze

name · noun · verb · 34 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfɹiːz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːz
  • homophone: frees
  • homophone: frieze
  • CMU ARPABET: F R IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A period of intensely cold weather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A halt of a regular operation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1983 October 3, Ted Kennedy, speech, Truth and Tolerance in America, Critics may oppose the nuclear freeze for what they regard as moral reasons.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hang

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • a hiring freeze; a pay freeze

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Obsolete form of frieze.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: copulative, intransitive

Examples

  • The lake froze solid.
  • 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Book XX: The Famine, Ever thicker, thicker, thicker / Froze the ice on lake and river,
  • 1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library: Wonders, Section II: Water, Running water does not freeze as easily as still water.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: solidify

Antonyms: defrost, liquify, unfreeze

9

verb

Meaning 9

To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Don't freeze meat twice.
  • 1888, Elias Lönnrot, John Martin Crawford (translator, from German), The Kalevala, Rune XXX: The Frost-fiend, Freeze the wizard in his vessel, / Freeze to ice the wicked Ahti, ...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To be affected by extreme cold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Examples

  • It's freezing in here!
  • Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

Examples

  • Since the last update, the program freezes after a few minutes of use.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: freeze up, grind to a halt, hang, lock up, seize, seize up

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

  • Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze as soon as I got on stage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: freeze up

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To cause someone to become motionless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: halt, immobilize

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The court froze the criminal's bank account.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To prevent from showing any visible change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • Pressing the pause button will freeze the video playback.
  • Playback will freeze if you pause the video.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a freeze on hiring

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: limitation, restriction

Narrower terms: hiring freeze, price freeze, wage freeze

22

noun

Meaning 22

an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a halt in the arms race
  • a nuclear freeze

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: halt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pause

23

noun

Meaning 23

weather cold enough to cause freezing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frost

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cold weather

24

noun

Meaning 24

the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: freezing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction, phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change

Narrower terms: freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation, frost, icing

25

verb

Meaning 25

suddenly behave coldly and formally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She froze when she saw her ex-husband

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, behave, do

26

verb

Meaning 26

anesthetize by cold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out

27

verb

Meaning 27

be cold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suffer

28

verb

Meaning 28

prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Blocked funds
  • Freeze the assets of this hostile government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: block, immobilize, immobilise

Antonyms: unfreeze

Broader terms: withhold, keep back

29

verb

Meaning 29

stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Suspend the aid to the war-torn country

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suspend

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interrupt, break

30

verb

Meaning 30

change to ice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The water in the bowl froze

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: boil

Broader terms: change state, turn

Narrower terms: glaciate

31

verb

Meaning 31

cause to freeze

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Freeze the leftover food

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: deep freeze, ice, quick-freeze, flash-freeze

32

verb

Meaning 32

change from a liquid to a solid when cold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: freeze out, freeze down

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: solidify

33

verb

Meaning 33

stop moving or become immobilized

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • When he saw the police car he froze

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stop dead

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stand still

Narrower terms: fixate, settle on

34

verb

Meaning 34

be very cold, below the freezing point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • It is freezing in Kalamazoo

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See the above verb.

From Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan (“to freeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian friis, friise, früüs (“to freeze”), Saterland Frisian fjoose, frjoze (“to freeze”), West Frisian frieze (“to freeze”), Central Franconian freese (“to freeze”), Cimbrian briizan, vriizan (“to be cold”), Dutch vriezen (“to freeze”), Low German freren, fresen (“to freeze”), Luxembourgish fréieren (“to freeze”), German frieren (“to freeze”), Yiddish פֿרירן (frirn, “freeze”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fryse (“to freeze”), Icelandic frjósa (“to freeze”), Norwegian Nynorsk frysa, fryse (“to freeze”), Swedish frysa (“to freeze”); also Cornish rew (“frost, ice”), Irish reo (“frost”), reoigh (“to freeze”), Manx rio (“frost, ice”), Scottish Gaelic reòdh, reòth (“freeze”), Welsh rhew (“frost, ice”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, rime”), Albanian prush (“embers”), Lithuanian prausti (“to give showers of rain”), Czech prskat (“to splutter, sputter”), Macedonian прска (prska, “to spray, sprinkle”), Polish pryskać, prysnąć (“to spray, sprinkle”), Russian пры́скать (prýskatʹ), пры́снуть (prýsnutʹ, “to spray, sprinkle”), Serbo-Croatian прскати, prskati (“to spray, sprinkle”), Sanskrit प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇoti, “to moisten, shower, sprinkle, wet”), प्रुष्वा (pruṣvā, “hoarfrost, ice, rime”), Saraiki پسݨ (pussaṇ, “to become wet”).

Across languages

Translations

398 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: şaxta — period of cold
  • Bulgarian: мраз (mraz) — period of cold
  • Catalan: glaçada — period of cold
  • Catalan: gelada — period of cold
  • Czech: mráz — period of cold
  • Dutch: vorst — period of cold
  • Dutch: vorstperiode — period of cold
  • Finnish: pakkanen — period of cold
  • Finnish: halla — period of cold
  • French: grands froids — period of cold
  • German: Frost — period of cold
  • German: Frostwetter — period of cold
  • Ido: frosto — period of cold
  • Polish: mróz — period of cold
  • Russian: моро́зы (morózy) — period of cold
  • Russian: за́морозки (zámorozki) — period of cold
  • Spanish: helada — period of cold
  • Spanish: frío pelú — period of cold
  • Spanish: pacheco — period of cold
  • Swedish: köldknäpp — period of cold
  • Finnish: jäädytys — halt of regular operation
  • Finnish: sulku — halt of regular operation
  • French: gel — halt of regular operation
  • German: Stillstand — halt of regular operation
  • German: Stop — halt of regular operation
  • Swedish: stopp — halt of regular operation
  • Dutch: vastlopen — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Finnish: jumi — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Finnish: tiltti — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • French: gel — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • French: plantage — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Galician: colgarse — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • German: Einfrieren — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Portuguese: bloquear — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Russian: зависа́ние (zavisánije) — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Russian: фриз (friz) — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Spanish: cuelgue — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Turkish: donma — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Vietnamese: treo — (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  • Dutch: bevriezing — (finance)
  • Finnish: jäädytys — (finance)
  • Finnish: sulku — (finance)
  • Finnish: kielto — (finance)
  • French: gel — (finance)
  • Italian: blocco — (finance)
  • Bulgarian: замразявам (zamrazjavam) — on salary
  • Dutch: loonstop — on salary
  • Dutch: salarisstop — on salary
  • Finnish: palkkasulku — on salary
  • French: gel — on salary
  • Albanian: ngrij — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Southern Altai: тоҥоор (toŋoor) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Arabic: تَجَمَّدَ (tajammada) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Aromanian: ãngljets — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Aromanian: ngljets — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Asturian: xelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Azerbaijani: donmaq — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Bashkir: туңыу (tuñıw) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Breton: sonnañ — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Bulgarian: замръзвам (zamrǎzvam) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Catalan: gelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Catalan: glaçar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Catalan: congelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Chinese Cantonese: 結冰 /结冰 (git3 bing1) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凍結 /冻结 (dòngjié) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凍 /冻 (dòng) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰凍 /冰冻 (bīngdòng) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結冰 /结冰 (jiébīng) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Czech: zmrznout — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Danish: fryse — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Dolgan: тоӈ — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Dutch: bevriezen — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Esperanto: frosti — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Extremaduran: gelal — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Finnish: jäätyä — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Finnish: jähmettyä — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Finnish: kohmettua — to become solid due to low temperature
  • French: geler — to become solid due to low temperature
  • French: glacer — to become solid due to low temperature
  • North Frisian: friis — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Friulian: glaçâ — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Friulian: glačâ — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Galician: xear — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Galician: conxelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Georgian: გაყინვა (gaq̇inva) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Georgian: იყინება (iq̇ineba) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • German: gefrieren — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Hebrew: קָפָא (kafá') — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Hindi: जमना (jamnā) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Hungarian: fagy — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Hungarian: megfagy — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Icelandic: frjósa — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Ido: frostar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Indonesian: membeku — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Indonesian: membekukan — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Indonesian: beku — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Ingrian: jäättyä — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Interlingua: congelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Irish: reoigh — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Irish: sioc — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Irish: oighrigh — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Irish: cuisnigh — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Irish: téacht — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Italian: gelare — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Italian: ghiacciare — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Japanese: 凍る (kōru) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Karachay-Balkar: бузларгъа (buzlarğa) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Karaim: buzla- — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Kazakh: тоңу (toñu) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Kazakh: тоңазу (toñazu) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Khakas: тоорға (toorğa) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Korean: 얼다 (eolda) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Central Kurdish: بەستِن (bestin) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Central Kurdish: ڕِچان (riçan) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Northern Kurdish: bestin — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Kyrgyz: тоңуу (toŋuu) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Latin: gelō — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Latin: glaciō — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Lushootseed: q̓axw — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Luxembourgish: fréieren — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Malay: beku — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Māori: whakatio — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Marathi: जमणे (jamṇe) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Marathi: गारठणे (gāraṭhṇe) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Mongolian: хөлдөх (xöldöx) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠬᠦ (köldekü) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Nepali: जम्नु (jamnu) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Nogai: тонъув (toñuv) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Norman: g'ler — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Norwegian: fryse — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Occitan: gelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Occitan: congelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Occitan: glaçar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Old English: frēosan — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰆𐰭 (toŋ-) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Persian: فسردن (fesordan) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Polish: zamarzać — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Polish: zamarznąć — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Portuguese: gelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Portuguese: congelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Quechua: qasay — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Quechua: chiriy — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Romanian: îngheța — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Romansh: schelar — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Russian: замерза́ть (zamerzátʹ) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Russian: замёрзнуть (zamjórznutʹ) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Scottish Gaelic: reoth — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: smrzavati — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: smrznuti — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Shor: тоң- — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Spanish: helarse — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Spanish: congelarse — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Spanish: frisarse — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Sundanese: kimpel — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Swedish: frysa — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Tatar: туңу (tuñu) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Thai: แข็ง (kɛ̌ng) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Tibetan: ཁྱགས་པ་ཆགས (khyags pa chags) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Tofa: доӈар (doňar) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Turkish: donmak — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوكمق (doñmak) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Tuvan: доңар (doñar) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Udmurt: кынмыны (kynmyny) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Ukrainian: замерза́ти (zamerzáty) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Ukrainian: заме́рзнути (zamérznuty) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Uyghur: توڭماق (tongmaq) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Uzbek: toʻngmoq — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Vietnamese: đóng băng — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Vietnamese: đóng đá — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Vietnamese: đông đá — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Welsh: rhewi — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Yakut: тоҥ (toŋ) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Yiddish: פֿרירן (frirn) — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Zealandic: bevrieze — to become solid due to low temperature
  • Albanian: ngrij — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Azerbaijani: dondurmaq — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Bashkir: туңдырыу (tuñdırıw) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Breton: skornañ — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Bulgarian: замразявам (zamrazjavam) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Catalan: congelar — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Czech: zmrazit — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Danish: fryse — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Dutch: bevriezen — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Dutch: invriezen — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Dutch: vriezen — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Esperanto: frostigi — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Finnish: jäädyttää — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Finnish: pakastaa — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Finnish: jähmettää — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Finnish: kohmettaa — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Finnish: hyytää — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • French: congeler — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Friulian: inglaçâ — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Friulian: agelâ — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Galician: conxelar — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Georgian: გაყინვა (gaq̇inva) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • German: einfrieren — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Gujarati: ઠીજવું (ṭhījvũ) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Hebrew: הִקְפִּיא (hikpí') — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Hungarian: fagyaszt — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Hungarian: megfagyaszt — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Hungarian: lefagyaszt — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Icelandic: frysta — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Indonesian: membeku — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Indonesian: membekukan — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Ingrian: jäätyttää — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Irish: reoigh — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Irish: sioc — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Irish: oighrigh — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Irish: cuisnigh — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Irish: téacht — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Italian: congelare — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Japanese: 凍らせる (kōraseru) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Korean: 얼리다 (eollida) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Latin: congelo — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Latin: conglacio — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Māori: whakatio — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Māori: whakakōpaka — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Mongolian: хөлдөөх (xöldööx) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠬᠦ (köldegekü) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Nepali: जमाउनु (jamāunu) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Norwegian: fryse — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Polish: zamrażać — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Polish: mrozić — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Polish: zamrozić — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Portuguese: congelar — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Romanian: congela — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Romanian: îngheța — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Romansh: schelentar — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Russian: замора́живать (zamoráživatʹ) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Russian: заморо́зить (zamorózitʹ) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Spanish: helar — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Spanish: congelar — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Spanish: frisar — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Swedish: frysa — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Thai: แช่แข็ง (chɛ̂ɛ-kɛ̌ng) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Tibetan: ཁྱགས་པ་བཟོས (khyags pa bzos) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Turkish: dondurmak — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Ukrainian: заморо́жувати (zamoróžuvaty) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Ukrainian: заморо́зити (zamorózyty) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Urum: бузла- — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Welsh: rhewi — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Yiddish: אײַנפֿרירן (aynfrirn) — to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  • Albanian: ngrircë — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Azerbaijani: donmaq — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Bashkir: туңдырыу (tuñdırıw) — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Danish: fryse — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Dutch: vriezen — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Esperanto: frosti — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Finnish: pakastaa — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Finnish: olla pakkasta — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Finnish: pakastua — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • French: geler — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Galician: xear — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • German: frieren — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Greek: παγώνω (pagóno) — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Hungarian: fagy — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Icelandic: frysta — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Italian: gelare — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Latin: gelo — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Latin: glacio — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Low German: fresen — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Luxembourgish: fréieren — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Norman: g'ler — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Portuguese: congelar — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Russian: моро́зить (morózitʹ) — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Lower Sorbian: marznuś — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Spanish: helar — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Spanish: escarchar — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Swedish: frysa — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Turkish: donmak — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوكمق (doñmak) — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Ukrainian: заморожувати (zamorožuvaty) — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Ukrainian: заморожуватися (zamorožuvatysja) — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Welsh: rhewi — of temperature, to drop below zero
  • Albanian: mbërdhi — to be affected by cold
  • Gheg Albanian: narth — to be affected by cold
  • Bashkir: өшөү (öşöw) — to be affected by cold
  • Bashkir: туңыу (tuñıw) — to be affected by cold
  • Bulgarian: мръзна (mrǎzna) — to be affected by cold
  • Cimbrian: briizan — to be affected by cold
  • Czech: mrznout — to be affected by cold
  • Danish: fryse — to be affected by cold
  • Finnish: jäätää — to be affected by cold
  • Finnish: jäätyä — to be affected by cold
  • French: geler — to be affected by cold
  • Georgian: ყინვა (q̇inva) — to be affected by cold
  • German: frieren — to be affected by cold
  • Hungarian: megfagy — to be affected by cold
  • Kashubian: miarznąc — to be affected by cold
  • Polish: marznąć — to be affected by cold
  • Polish: zamarznąć — to be affected by cold
  • Portuguese: estar congelando — to be affected by cold
  • Portuguese: ficar congelando — to be affected by cold
  • Quechua: qasay — to be affected by cold
  • Quechua: chiriy — to be affected by cold
  • Russian: мёрзнуть (mjórznutʹ) — to be affected by cold
  • Lower Sorbian: marznuś — to be affected by cold
  • Spanish: arrecirse — to be affected by cold
  • Turkish: donmak — to be affected by cold
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوكمق (doñmak) — to be affected by cold
  • Azerbaijani: donmaq — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Dutch: stilvallen — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Dutch: vastlopen — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Finnish: hyytyä — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Finnish: mennä jumiin — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Finnish: leikata kiinni — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Finnish: pysähtyä — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • French: figer — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • German: einfrieren — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • German: stoppen — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • German: (plötzlich) anhalten — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • German: halten — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • German: hängen — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • German: streiken — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Hungarian: lefagy — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Portuguese: travar — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Russian: ви́снуть (vísnutʹ) — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Russian: зави́снуть (zavísnutʹ) — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Russian: закли́нивать (zaklínivatʹ) — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Russian: закли́нить (zaklínitʹ) — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Russian: встава́ть (vstavátʹ) — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Russian: вста́ть (vstátʹ) — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Swedish: hänga — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Welsh: fferru — of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  • Albanian: Ngri — to become motionless
  • Breton: chom a-sav krenn — to become motionless
  • Bulgarian: застивам (zastivam) — to become motionless
  • Czech: ztuhnout or znehybnět — to become motionless
  • Danish: stivne — to become motionless
  • Dutch: verstijven — to become motionless
  • Finnish: jähmettyä — to become motionless
  • Finnish: pysähtyä — to become motionless
  • French: se figer — to become motionless
  • Georgian: შეშდება (šešdeba) — to become motionless
  • Georgian: გაშეშდება (gašešdeba) — to become motionless
  • German: erstarren — to become motionless
  • German: einfrieren — to become motionless
  • Greek: κοκαλώνω (kokalóno) — to become motionless
  • Hungarian: dermed — to become motionless
  • Hungarian: megdermed — to become motionless
  • Hungarian: lefagy — to become motionless
  • Hungarian: kővé mered — to become motionless
  • Indonesian: membeku — to become motionless
  • Indonesian: membekukan — to become motionless
  • Italian: congelare — to become motionless
  • Japanese: 凍る (kōru) — to become motionless
  • Japanese: 凍らせる (kōraseru) — to become motionless
  • Korean: 얼어붙다 (eoreobutda) — to become motionless
  • Latin: congelo — to become motionless
  • Latin: conglacio — to become motionless
  • Māori: whakamaho — to become motionless
  • Māori: whakamōtu — to become motionless
  • Norwegian: fryse — to become motionless
  • Polish: zastygnąć w bezruchu — to become motionless
  • Portuguese: congelar — to become motionless
  • Portuguese: estagnar — to become motionless
  • Russian: замира́ть (zamirátʹ) — to become motionless
  • Russian: замере́ть (zamerétʹ) — to become motionless
  • Russian: застыва́ть (zastyvátʹ) — to become motionless
  • Russian: засты́ть (zastýtʹ) — to become motionless
  • Swedish: frysa — to become motionless
  • Turkish: donmak — to become motionless
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوكمق (doñmak) — to become motionless
  • Welsh: fferru — to become motionless
  • Finnish: jähmettää — to cause to become motionless
  • Finnish: pysäyttää — to cause to become motionless
  • French: figer — to cause to become motionless
  • German: (Maschine) einfrieren — to cause to become motionless
  • German: abdrehen (vt.) — to cause to become motionless
  • German: abwürgen — to cause to become motionless
  • Portuguese: deixar sem reação — to cause to become motionless
  • Finnish: kylmetä — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • Finnish: viiletä — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • Finnish: kylmentää — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • Finnish: viilentää — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • Finnish: hyytää — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • French: se refroidir — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • German: frösteln — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • German: abkühlen — to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  • Finnish: palelluttaa — to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat
  • Finnish: kohmettaa — to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat
  • French: refroidir — to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat
  • German: erfrieren — to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat
  • German: ersterben — to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat
  • Bulgarian: замразявам (zamrazjavam) — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Esperanto: frostigi — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Finnish: sulkea — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Finnish: jäädyttää — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • French: geler — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • German: (Transaktionen) blockieren — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Icelandic: frysta — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Portuguese: congelar — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Russian: замора́живать (zamoráživatʹ) — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Russian: заморо́зить (zamorózitʹ) — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Ukrainian: заморо́жувати (zamoróžuvaty) — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Ukrainian: заморо́зити (zamorózyty) — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
  • Vietnamese: phong tỏa — to prevent movement of someone's financial assets
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