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[friːz] (past tense froze [frəʊz] ; past participle frozen [ˈfrəʊz(ə)n] ) verb I
1) [I/T] to become solid or hard because of extreme cold, or to make something solid or hard
The lake freezes in winter.[/ex]
The water had frozen solid.[/ex]
2) [T] to preserve food or drink by making it extremely cold in a freezer
You should freeze meat on the day that you buy it.[/ex]
3) [I] to feel extremely cold
You'll freeze if you go out in that thin coat.[/ex]
The lambs looked as if they had frozen to death in the snow.[/ex]
4) [T] to decide officially that the level of something will not increase
Wages were frozen until the end of December.[/ex]
5) [I] to stop moving and keep completely still
Kate froze in horror when she saw all the blood.[/ex]
II
noun [C]
freeze [friːz]
1) an official decision to prevent any increase in something
a pay/wage/price freeze[/ex]
2) a period of extremely cold weather

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