Freeze — Defs

01 n. A frieze.

02 v. i. 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 sol…

imp. Froze; p. p. Frozen; p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing

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.
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.

Phrases & compounds

To freeze up — to become formal and cold in demeanor.

03 v. t. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.

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.

“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.

04 n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.