freeze

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (Northern) , and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
 * 2) * 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Book XX: The Famine,
 * Ever thicker, thicker, thicker / Froze the ice on lake and river,
 * 1) * 1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library: Wonders, Section II: Water,
 * Running water does not freeze as easily as still water.
 * 1)  To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
 * 2) * 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, ...
 * 1)  To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
 * 2)  To be affected by extreme cold.
 * 3)  (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
 * 4)  (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
 * 5)  To cause someone to become motionless.
 * 6)  To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
 * 7) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
 * 8)  To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
 * 9) Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
 * 10)  To prevent from showing any visible change.
 * 1)  (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
 * 2)  To cause someone to become motionless.
 * 3)  To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
 * 4) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
 * 5)  To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
 * 6) Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
 * 7)  To prevent from showing any visible change.
 * 1)  To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
 * 2) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
 * 3)  To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
 * 4) Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
 * 5)  To prevent from showing any visible change.
 * 1) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
 * 2)  To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
 * 3) Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
 * 4)  To prevent from showing any visible change.
 * 1) Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
 * 2)  To prevent from showing any visible change.
 * 1)  To prevent from showing any visible change.
 * 1)  To prevent from showing any visible change.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:immobilize
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:immobilize
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:immobilize

Translations

 * Arabic: تَجَمَّدَ
 * Aromanian: ãngljets, ngljets
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: туңыу
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 結冰
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dolgan: тоӈ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: frosti
 * Extremaduran: gelal
 * Finnish:,  , kohmettua
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: glaçâ, glačâ
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: გაყინვა, იყინება
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Ingrian: jäättyä
 * Interlingua: congelar
 * Irish: reoigh, sioc, oighrigh, cuisnigh, téacht
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Karachay-Balkar: бузларгъа
 * Karaim: buzla-
 * Kazakh: тоңу, тоңазу
 * Khakas: тоорға
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەستِن, ڕِچان
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: gelō, glaciō
 * Luxembourgish: fréieren
 * Malay:
 * Maori: whakatio
 * Marathi: जमणे, गारठणे
 * Mon:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠬᠦ
 * Nepali: जम्नु
 * Nogai: тонъув
 * Norman: g'ler
 * North Frisian: friis
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Old English: frēosan
 * Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰆𐰭
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: qasay, chiriy
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: schelar
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: reòth
 * Shor: тоң-
 * Southern Altai: тоҥоор
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: туңу
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ཁྱགས་པ་ཆགས
 * Tofa: доӈар
 * Turkish:
 * Tuvan: доңар
 * Ukrainian: замерза́ти, заме́рзнути
 * Uyghur: توڭماق
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, đóng đá, đông đá
 * Welsh:
 * Yakut: тоҥ
 * Yiddish: פֿרירן
 * Zealandic: bevrieze


 * Azerbaijani: dondurmaq
 * Bashkir: туңдырыу
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: zmrazit
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: frostigi
 * Finnish:,  ,  , kohmettaa , hyytää
 * French:
 * Friulian: inglaçâ, agelâ
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გაყინვა
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: membeku, membekukan
 * Ingrian: jäätyttää
 * Irish: reoigh, sioc, oighrigh, cuisnigh, téacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: congelo, conglacio
 * Maori: whakatio, whakakōpaka
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хөлдөөх
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠬᠦ
 * Nepali: जमाउनु
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: schelentar
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ཁྱགས་པ་བཟོས
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: заморо́жувати, заморо́зити
 * Urum: бузла-
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: אײַנפֿרירן


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: туңдырыу
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: frosti
 * Finnish:, olla pakkasta,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: gelo, glacio
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: fresen
 * Luxembourgish: fréieren
 * Norman: g'ler
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: marznuś
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: заморожувати, заморожуватися
 * Welsh:


 * Bashkir: өшөү, туңыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cimbrian: briizan
 * Czech: mrznout
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: jäätää;
 * French:
 * Georgian: ყინვა
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Kashubian: miarznąc
 * Polish: ,
 * Quechua: qasay, chiriy
 * Russian:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: marznuś
 * Turkish:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, mennä jumiin, leikata kiinni,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ; ,  ; ,
 * Swedish:


 * Breton: chom a-sav krenn
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: ztuhnout or znehybnět
 * Danish: stivne
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: se figer
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Indonesian: membeku, membekukan
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 凍らせる
 * Korean:
 * Latin: congelo, conglacio
 * Maori: whakamaho, whakamōtu
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: zastygnąć w bezruchu
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Finnish:, viiletä ; , , hyytää
 * French:


 * Finnish:, kohmettaa
 * French:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: frostigi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Icelandic:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: заморо́жувати, заморо́зити
 * Vietnamese:


 * Breton:, ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Korean:

Etymology 2
See the above verb.

Noun

 * 1) A period of intensely cold weather.
 * 2) A halt of a regular operation.
 * 3) * 1983 October 3,, speech, Truth and Tolerance in America,
 * Critics may oppose the nuclear freeze for what they regard as moral reasons.
 * 1)  The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
 * 1)  The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
 * 1)  A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: grands froids
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, tiltti
 * French: ,
 * Galician: colgarse
 * German: Einfrieren
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: loonstop, salarisstop
 * Finnish: palkkasulku
 * French: