freeze:1
verbbefore 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
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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
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freeze-dried
adjective1946
- being in a state produced by or as if by freeze-drying
freeze-dry
verb1949
- to dry (something, such as food) in a frozen state under high vacuum especially for preservation
freeze-etching
noun1968
- freeze fracture that includes the sublimation of surface ice following fracturing especially to reveal additional detail; broadly : freeze fracture
freeze fracture
noun
freeze fracture
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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
noun1948{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
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1861
- exclude
freeze to death
idiom
freeze to death
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- to die from the cold
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