to freeze
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1.0
- verb
- /friz/
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congelarse
- When the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, water will freeze and turn into solid ice.
- frozen products
- frozen fish
- frozen salmon
You know, if it doesn't freeze, that's one thing.
- You know, if it doesn't freeze, that's one thing.
- It's that just before water freezes, it expands slightly.
- Ice, when you freeze water, it expands, right?
- It's like a poison that freezes your cells.
- We have expansive soils that freeze four or five feet down.
- And the cold freezes it and the leak gets frozen and everything just chills.
Examples
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But they're also great to just freeze and take with you on the go.
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You know, if it doesn't freeze, that's one thing.
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For example, let's try to freeze a single red blood cell.
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If students respond that he learned how to freeze food quickly, they are correct.
Academic text (1990) -
Ice, when you freeze water, it expands, right?
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You didn't freeze your eggs by any chance, did you?
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What they can't dry up, they freeze.
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It's that just before water freezes, it expands slightly.
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Most climbers who die on Everest remain where they fall, frozen mummies in the cold, dry air.
Academic text (2011) -
As a result, most seafood exports depart India frozen and with minimal value-added processing.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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4.4
To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools
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 Frozen
Surface Forms
Etymology
Freeze comes from an old Germanic word meaning 'to become cold', a thought you see in the word frost. So to freeze is to change from a liquid into ice, which is why water will turn solid when it gets very cold.