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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr & vb n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen AS fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen OHG. iosan, G. frieren Icel. frjsa Sw frysa Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf {Frost}.] 1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body. Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero. 2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as the blood freezes in the veins. {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Froze \Froze\, imp. of {Freeze}.
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