freeze

freeze
1. noun /ˈfriːz/

In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily.

b) 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.

The reason I said the guard wasnt the toughest shot in curling is because, in my book, thats a shot called the freeze. A stone thrown as a freeze comes perfectly to rest directly in front of another stone, without moving it (see Figure 10-5).

2. verb /ˈfriːz/
a) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

Ever thicker, thicker, thicker / Froze the ice on lake and river,

b) To lower somethings temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.

He got to Dawson before the river froze, and now I suppose I wont hear any more until spring.

See Also: frost

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  • freeze — (frēz) v. froze (frōz), fro·zen (frō’zən), freez·ing, freez·es v. intr. 1. a) To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. b) To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold: »The lak …   Word Histories

  • freeze — vt froze, fro·zen, freez·ing 1: to cause to become fixed, immovable, unavailable, or unalterable freeze interest rates 2: to immobilize (as by government regulation or the action of a financial institution) the expenditure, withdrawal, or… …   Law dictionary

  • freeze — freeze; freeze·me·ter; freeze·proof; re·freeze; un·freeze; an·ti·freeze; …   English syllables

  • freeze — [frēz] vi. froze, frozen, freezing [ME fresen < OE freosan, akin to OHG friosan (Ger frieren) < IE base * preus , to freeze, burn like cold > L pruina, hoarfrost, pruna, glowing coals] 1. to be formed into ice; be hardened or solidified… …   English World dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Freeze — steht für: eine 1988 von den Young British Artists organisierte Kunstausstellung in den Londoner Docklands, siehe Freeze (Ausstellung) ein Motiv beim Breakdance ein Zeitpunkt in einem Projekt, an dem bestimmte Beschlüsse verbindlich geworden sind …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • freeze — O.E. freosan turn to ice (class II strong verb; past tense freas, pp. froren), from P.Gmc. *freusanan (Cf. O.N. frjosa, O.H.G. friosan, Ger. frieren to freeze, Goth. frius frost ), from P.Gmc. *freus , equivalent to PIE root *preus …   Etymology dictionary

  • Freeze — Freeze, v. i. [imp. {Froze} (fr[=o]z); p. p. {Frozen} (fr[=o] z n); 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Freeze — [ fri:z], das; [engl. freeze, zu: to freeze = (ein)frieren, verw. mit ahd. friosan, ↑frieren]: das Einfrieren aller atomaren Rüstung …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Freeze — (fr[=e]z), n. (Arch.) A frieze. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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