to freeze
154
5.3
- verb
- /friːz/
- Formal
:
congelar
- As uncertainty has grown, many banks have restricted lending... credit markets have frozen... and families and businesses have found it harder to borrow money.
- freeze assets
- freeze bank accounts
- freeze accounts
You're going to freeze or lock your credit.
- You're going to freeze or lock your credit.
- And when push comes to shove, the banks will freeze my assets and seize them.
- And there are situations where we have been ordered to freeze accounts, things like that.
- They're getting their loans frozen or just completely shut down.
- And finally, here is a way to freeze some memory.
Examples
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And so sanctions means you freeze other assets, you freeze assets.
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I guess you could say our assets are frozen.
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And there are situations where we have been ordered to freeze accounts, things like that.
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Our line of credit has been frozen because we lost so much of the wine stock.
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My bank account's been frozen.
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Instead, our first step is to freeze personal tax thresholds.
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Starting immediately, we'll be freezing all supplies, and, unfortunately, we have to roll back to last year's pay scales.
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30 Federal courts have frozen some Iranian funds, including a $2 billion account at Citibank.
Academic text (2011) -
We've frozen all of Syndrome's assets.
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The government decided to freeze the funding for the new project until further notice.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
To stop movement, access, or progress
310
1.0
An act when something ends or pauses
206
2.4
To stop moving or make something stop moving
169
2.5
Stopped for a short time until someone decides to continue
141
3.9
To stop something officially for a short time
70
4.3
A temporary stop of an activity or service
45
8.5
A temporary official stop of an activity by those in charge
21
4.9
Put off until later
11
5.8
To delay a plan or project for a while
5
4.4
A rule that stops a company or government office from taking on new workers to save money
2
6.0
A time when work or activity stops for a long time
1
4.1
A policy that stops pay from increasing for a set time
1
4.1
An action that keeps prices at their current level for a set time to stop big price rises
To make money or valuable things unavailable for use
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To make your bottom very cold by sitting or staying outside in cold weather
Suddenly stop moving because you feel afraid or surprised
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
6
4.1
Food with most water removed by freezing and drying so it keeps for a long time
5
4.4
A rule that stops a company or government office from taking on new workers to save money
- Specialized
1
4.1
An action that keeps prices at their current level for a set time to stop big price rises
- Specialized
A machine that keeps food or lab samples from spoiling by freezing and removing their water
- Specialized
A way to dry food or medicine by freezing it and removing the ice so it keeps its shape
- Specialized
A machine or process that makes food very cold quickly to keep its taste and vitamins
How Restricted
154
5.5
- Formal
156
4.6
- Formal
154
5.3
141
3.9
346
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Freeze comes from an old word meaning 'to become cold', like frost, and the idea of making things 'still as ice' explains why authorities can 'freeze' accounts or money — they stop their movement.