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Word: freeze (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A halt of a regular operation.
  • A period of intensely cold weather.
  • specifically|in|_|finance A block on pay rises.
  • curling 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.

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Verb:

  • intransitive Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
  • informal To be very cold.
  • intransitive To become motionless.
  • intransitive To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
  • transitive To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
  • transitive To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets

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