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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  freeze
       
          To lock an evolving software distribution or document against
          changes so it can be released with some hope of stability.
          Carries the strong implication that the item in question will
          "unfreeze" at some future date.
       
          There are more specific constructions on this term.  A
          "feature freeze", for example, locks out modifications
          intended to introduce new features but still allows bugfixes
          and completion of existing features; a "code freeze" connotes
          no more changes at all.  At Sun Microsystems and elsewhere,
          one may also hear references to "code slush" - that is, an
          almost-but-not-quite frozen state.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A faint, cold fear runs through my veins,
              That almost freezes up the heat of life. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To freeze out, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold
        treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of
        one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor.
        [Colloq.]
  
              A railroad which had a London connection must not be
              allowed to freeze out one that had no such
              connection.                           --A. T.
                                                    Hadley.
  
              It is sometimes a long time before a player who is
              frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F.
                                                    Foster.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Freeze \Freeze\ (fr[=e]z), n. (Arch.)
     A frieze. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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 prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient,
     cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a]
     ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf. Frost.]
     1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
        to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
        hardened into ice or a like solid body.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
           thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
        loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
        freezes in the veins.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
        [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Freeze \Freeze\, n.
     The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
     [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  freeze v. To lock an evolving software distribution or document against
     changes so it can be released with some hope of stability. Carries the
     strong implication that the item in question will `unfreeze' at some
     future date. "OK, fix that bug and we'll freeze for release."
  
     There are more specific constructions on this term. A `feature
     freeze', for example, locks out modifications intended to introduce new
     features but still allows bugfixes and completion of existing features;
     a `code freeze' connotes no more changes at all. At Sun Microsystems and
     elsewhere, one may also hear references to `code slush' -- that is, an
     almost-but-not-quite frozen state.
  
  

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.
  
     To freeze out, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold
        treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of
        one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor.
        [Colloq.]
  
              A railroad which had a London connection must not be
              allowed to freeze out one that had no such
              connection.                           --A. T.
                                                    Hadley.
  
              It is sometimes a long time before a player who is
              frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F.
                                                    Foster.
  Freiherr \Frei"herr`\, n.; pl. Freiherrn. [G., lit., free
     lord.]
     In Germany and Austria, a baron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat;
        to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
  
              A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That
              almost freezes up the heat of life.   --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Freeze \Freeze\, n.
     The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
     [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Freeze \Freeze\, n. (Arch.)
     A frieze. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. Froze; p. p. Frozen; 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 prob. to L.
     prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal,
     pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18.
     Cf. Frost.]
     1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
        to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
        hardened into ice or a like solid body.
  
     Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
           thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
  
     2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
        loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
        freezes in the veins.
  
     To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
        [Colloq.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  freeze
       n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
            a solid [syn: freezing]
       2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: frost]
       3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
          movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
          [syn: halt]
       4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
          freeze on hiring"
       v 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: boil]
       2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
          car he froze" [syn: stop dead]
       3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the
          air conditioning is turned on"
       4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
       5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
          "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: suspend]
       6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
          Kalamazoo"
       7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
          32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: freeze out, freeze down]
       8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
          "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: block,
           immobilize, immobilise] [ant: unblock, unblock]
       9: anesthetize by cold
       10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
           her ex-husband"
       [also: frozen, froze]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  freeze
     Αγγλικά vb.
     παγώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  freeze
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become
  solid due to low temperature.
     n.
     A period of intensely cold weather.
     n.
     (obsolete form of en frieze)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Freeze
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  freeze
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become
  solid due to low temperature.
     n.
     A period of intensely cold weather.
     n.
     (obsolete form of en frieze)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Freeze
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  freeze
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become
  solid due to low temperature.
     n.
     A period of intensely cold weather.
     n.
     (obsolete form of en frieze)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Freeze
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  freeze
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become
  solid due to low temperature.
     n.
     A period of intensely cold weather.
     n.
     (obsolete form of en frieze)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Freeze
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  freeze
     Englanti n.
     1 pakkanen
     2 jäädytys (hintojen, palkkojen, tms.)
     Englanti vb.
     1 jäätyä
     2 paleltua
     3 jäädyttää, pakastaa
     4 estää käyttö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  freeze
     Engelska vb.
     1 frysa; känna sig kall
     2 frysa till is
     3 frysa in; sänka temperaturen på något så att det blir hårt
     4 frysa; stelna, fastna, sluta röra sig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  vries

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  الإنجماد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  1. замразявам
  on salary
  2. мраз
  period of cold

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  1. мръзна
  to be affected by cold
  2. застивам
  to become motionless
  3. замръзвам
  to become solid due to low temperature
  4. замразявам 2.
  to lower something's temperature to freezing point
   3.
  to prevent movement of someone's financial assets

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  zmrazit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  mrazit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  mrznout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ 
  ochladit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  zamrznout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  zmrznout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  Freeze! /fɹˈiːz/
  Stůj! Ruce vzhůru!

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ 
  fferru 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ 
  rhewi 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ (froze /fɹˈəʊz/ <>, frozen /fɹˈəʊzən/ <>) 
  zu Eis gefrieren, zu Eis werden
   see: ice, be on hold
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  Frost 
        "a hard freeze"  - ein harter Frost
     Synonym: frost
  
   see: frosts
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ 
  erstarren  [techn.]
           Note: in der Gießerei beim Abkühlen aus dem schmelzflüssigen Zustand
     Synonym: solidify
  
           Note: foundry

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ (froze /fɹˈəʊz/ <>, frozen /fɹˈəʊzən/ <>) 
  frieren, gefrieren, einfrieren, zufrieren, vereisen 
        "freeze like a dog"  - wie ein Schneider frieren
   see: freezing, frozen, it freezes, it froze, unfrozen
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ (froze /fɹˈəʊz/ <>, frozen /fɹˈəʊzən/ <>) 
  erstarren 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  
  καταψύχω, κρουσταλλιάζω, παγώνω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  1. jumi, tiltti
  (computing) state when the system ceases to respond to inputs
  2. jäädytys, kielto, sulku
  (finance)
  3. jäädytys, sulku
  halt of regular operation
  4. palkkasulku
  on salary
  5. halla, pakkanen
  period of cold

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  1. hyytyä, leikata kiinni, mennä jumiin, pysähtyä
  of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  2. pakastaa, olla pakkasta, pakastua
  of temperature, to drop below zero
  3. jäätyä, jäätää
  to be affected by cold
  4. jähmettyä, pysähtyä
  to become motionless
  5. jäätyä, jähmettyä, kohmettua
  to become solid due to low temperature
  6. kohmettaa, palelluttaa
  to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat
  7. jähmettää, pysäyttää
  to cause to become motionless
  8. kylmetä, hyytää, kylmentää, viilentää, viiletä
  to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling
  9. hyytää, jähmettää, jäädyttää, kohmettaa, pakastaa
  to lower something's temperature to freezing point
  10. jäädyttää, sulkea
  to prevent movement of someone's financial assets

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  freeze /friːz/
  geler

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/ 
  1. जमा~देना
        "I would freeze to death in this office if the air condition is turned on for 24"
        "hours."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  slediti se, smrznuti se, zamrznuti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  freeze! /fɹˈiːz/
  ne mozdulj!

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  beku
  to become solid due to low temperature

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  congelare, gelare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  1. 凍らせる, 凍る
  to become motionless
  2. 凍る 2.
  to become solid due to low temperature
   3.
  to lower something's temperature to freezing point

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  freeze /friːz/
  1. (už)šalti, pašalti
  2. (perk.) stingti
  3. sušalti į ledą (to, together)

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  fryse 2.
  to become motionless
   3.
  to become solid due to low temperature
   4.
  to lower something's temperature to freezing point

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  freeze /fri:z/
  I.   1.  zamarzać
   2.  zamrażać
   3.  zastygać
  II.   1.  mroźna pogoda
   2.  zamrożenie
   3.  it freezes (:it freeze V:)
   - jest mróz

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  freeze /friːz/ 
  gelar, congelar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  1. stopp
  halt of regular operation
  2. köldknäpp
  period of cold

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  freeze //ˈfɹiːz// 
  1. hänga
  of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt
  2. frysa 2.
  to become solid due to low temperature
   3.
  of temperature, to drop below zero
   4.
  to lower something's temperature to freezing point
   5.
  to be affected by cold
   6.
  to prevent movement of someone's financial assets

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  freeze /fɹˈiːz/
  1. (froze, frozen)  donmak, buz kesilmek
  2. çok üşümek
  3. buz tutmak
  4. dondurmak, buz haline getirmek, buz bağlamak
  5. fiyatları dondurmak, narh koymak
  6. (ikt.) dış üIkelere ait banka mevduatını dondurmak
  7. donma, don. freeze out (A.B.D), (k.dili.) işten veya toplumdan uzaklaşmaya mecbur etmek. freeze over üstü buz tutmak (su) freeze up tamamen donmak
  8. bir kenara çekilip ağzını açmamak. freeze one's blood kanını dondurmak, çok korkutmak. freeze to death soğuktan ölmek, donarak ölmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɹiz/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  216 Moby Thesaurus words for "freeze":
     KO, abide, anesthetize, anhydrate, appall, arrest, awe, balance,
     ballast, ban, be cold, be still, bedaze, benumb, besot, bite,
     bitter weather, blast, blast-freeze, bleak weather, blight, block,
     blunt, brake, brine, bring to, bring up short, change color,
     chatter, check, checkmate, chill, chloroform, coast, cold snap,
     cold wave, cold weather, coldcock, congeal, corn, counterbalance,
     cure, cut, cut short, dam, deaden, deadlock, debar, dehydrate,
     depth of winter, desensitize, desiccate, didder, dither, dope,
     draw rein, drive away, drive out, drug, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt,
     dull, eject, embalm, eternalize, eternize, etherize, evaporate,
     exclude, expel, firm, firm up, fix, force out, freeze out,
     freeze solid, freeze to death, freeze-dry, freezing weather, frost,
     frostbite, fume, funk, glaciate, glacify, go through, grow cold,
     grow pale, halt, hard winter, harden, have a chill,
     have goose pimples, hold, horrify, horripilate, ice, ice over,
     ice up, immobilization, immobilize, immortalize, irradiate, jerk,
     kayo, keep, keep alive, keep fresh, keep quiet, kipper, knock out,
     knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay out,
     lie still, lose courage, lose heat, marinade, marinate, mark time,
     monumentalize, mummify, nail down, narcotize, nip, not breathe,
     not stir, numb, obtund, ostracize, pale, palsy, paralyze, peg,
     penetrate, perennialize, perish with cold, perpetuate, petrify,
     pickle, pierce, pin, pin down, preservatize, preserve,
     preserve from oblivion, pull up, put paid to, put to sleep, quake,
     quick-freeze, quiver, raw weather, refreeze, refrigerate, regelate,
     reject, remain, remain motionless, repose, rest, retain, salt,
     scare stiff, scare to death, season, set, shake, shiver, shock,
     shudder, smoke, smoke-cure, snap, solidify, stabilitate, stabilize,
     stalemate, stall, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand still, stay,
     stay put, steady, stem, stem the tide, stick, stick fast, stiffen,
     stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, strike dumb,
     strike terror into, stuff, stun, stupefy, subzero weather,
     take alarm, take fright, tarry, terrify, transfix, tread water,
     tremble, turn color, turn pale, winter, wintry weather,
     wintry wind, zero weather
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 冻结,冷动,僵硬;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 冻结,冷冻,楞住,僵硬
     vt. 使结冰,使冻住,使呆住
     n. 结冰,凝固

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