freeze
- Noun. A period of intensely cold weather.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. A halt of a regular operation.
- Noun. (context, specifically) A block on pay rises.
- Verb. (intransitive) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- Verb. (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Verb. (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- Verb. (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
- Verb. (intransitive) To become motionless.
- Verb. (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- Verb. (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets.
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