Hypertext Webster Gateway: "freeze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.
{To freeze out}, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold
treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of
one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor.
[Colloq.]
A railroad which had a London connection must not be
allowed to freeze out one that had no such
connection. --A. T.
Hadley.
It is sometimes a long time before a player who is
frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F.
Foster.
Freiherr \Frei"herr`\, n.; pl. {Freiherrn}. [G., lit., free
lord.]
In Germany and Austria, a baron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.
1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to
a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat;
to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That
almost freezes up the heat of life. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freeze \Freeze\, n.
The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
[Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freeze \Freeze\, n. (Arch.)
A frieze. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san;
akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw.
frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L.
prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal,
pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18.
Cf. {Frost}.]
1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
hardened into ice or a like solid body.
Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
freezes in the veins.
{To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
[Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
freeze
n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn: {freezing}]
2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: {frost}]
3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
movement: "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
[syn: {halt}]
4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level: "a
freeze on hiring"
v 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: {boil}]
2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
car he froze" [syn: {stop dead}]
3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the
air conditioning is turned on"
4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: {suspend}]
6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
Kalamazoo."
7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: {freeze out}, {freeze down}]
8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: {block},
{immobilize}, {immobilise}] [ant: {unblock}, {unblock}]
9: anesthetize by cold, as for certain surgical procedures
10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
her ex-husband"
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