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freeze

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Main Entry: freeze
Pronunciation: primarystressfremacronz
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): froze /primarystressfromacrz/; fro·zen /primarystressfromacrz-schwan/; freez·ing
intransitive verb
1 : to become hardened into a solid (as ice) by loss of heat
2 a : to become chilled with cold <almost froze to death> b : to anesthetize a part especially by cold
transitive verb
1 : to cause to harden into a solid (as ice) by loss of heat
2 : to make extremely cold : CHILL
3 a : to act on usually destructively by frost b : to anesthetize by cold