freeze

Definitions

• (intransitive) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
• (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
• (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
• (intransitive) To be affected by extreme cold.
• (intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
• (intransitive) (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
• (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
• (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
• To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
• (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
• Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.