freeze:1

verb
freeze \ ˈfrēz \
before 12th century{ds|i|1|a|}
  • to become congealed into ice by cold
  • to solidify as a result of abstraction of heat
  • to withstand freezing

freeze:2

noun
freeze \
15th century{ds||1|a|}
  • an act or instance of freezing
  • the state of being frozen
  • a state of weather marked by low temperature especially when below the freezing point

froze

froze \

freeze-dried

adjective
freeze-dried \ ˈfrēz-ˈdrīd \
1946
  • being in a state produced by or as if by freeze-drying

freeze-dry

verb
freeze-dry \ ˈfrēz-ˈdrī \
1949
  • to dry (something, such as food) in a frozen state under high vacuum especially for preservation

freeze-etching

noun
freeze-etch*ing \ ˈfrēz-ˌe-chiŋ \
1968
  • freeze fracture that includes the sublimation of surface ice following fracturing especially to reveal additional detail; broadly : freeze fracture

freeze fracture

noun
freeze fracture \
1966{ds||1||}
  • preparation of a specimen (as of biological tissue) for electron microscopic examination by rapid freezing, fracturing along natural structural lines, and preparing a replica of the exposed structural details (as by simultaneous vapor deposition of carbon and platinum)
  • the product of or replica prepared by freeze fracture

freeze-frame

noun
freeze-frame \ ˈfrēz-ˈfrām \
1948{ds||1|a|}
  • a frame of a motion-picture film that is repeated so as to give the illusion of a static picture
  • a static picture produced from a video recording
  • something resembling a freeze-frame (as in reflecting or preserving a particular moment in time)

freeze out

verb
freeze out \
1861
  • exclude

freeze to death

idiom
freeze to death \
  • to die from the cold
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