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  • 11freeze — freezable, adj. freezability, n. /freez/, v., froze, frozen, freezing, n. v.i. 1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. 2. to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat …

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  • 12freeze — [[t]fri͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦♦ freezes, freezing, froze, frozen 1) V ERG If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes...… …

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  • 13freeze — I UK [friːz] / US [frɪz] verb Word forms freeze : present tense I/you/we/they freeze he/she/it freezes present participle freezing past tense froze UK [frəʊz] / US [froʊz] past participle frozen UK [ˈfrəʊz(ə)n] / US [ˈfroʊz(ə)n] ** 1)… …

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  • 14freeze — freeze1 [ friz ] (past tense froze [ frouz ] ; past participle frozen [ frouzn ] ) verb ** ▸ 1 when liquid turns solid ▸ 2 preserve by making cold ▸ 3 feel extremely cold ▸ 4 weather: reach 0°C ▸ 5 stop moving/working ▸ 6 stop officially ▸ 7 stop …

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  • 15freeze — [[t]friz[/t]] v. froze, fro•zen, freez•ing, n. 1) phs to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat 2) phs to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat 3) to suffer the effects… …

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  • 16freeze — [c]/friz / (say freez) verb (froze, frozen, freezing) –verb (i) 1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; to change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. 2. to become hard or rigid because of loss of heat, as objects… …

  • 17Freeze casting — Freeze casting, or freeze gelation is a form of sol gel processing of ceramics that enables a ceramic object to be fabricated in complex shapes, without the need for high temperature sintering.The process is simple, but the science is, as of 2005 …

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  • 18freeze — (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 …

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  • 19freeze — 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 …

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  • 20freeze — [v1] make cold enough to become solid benumb, bite, chill, chill to the bone*, congeal, frost, glaciate, harden, ice over, ice up, nip, pierce, refrigerate, solidify, stiffen; concepts 255,521 Ant. boil, heat freeze [v2] stop dampen, depress,… …

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