A freeze is when the surface air temperature is expected to be 32°F or below over a widespread area for a climatologically significant period of time Use of the term is usually restricted to advective situations or to occasions when wind or other conditions prevent frost "Killing" may be used during the growing season when the temperature is expected to be low enough for a sufficient duration to kill all but the hardiest herbaceous crops
If someone in authority freezes something such as a bank account, fund, or property, they obtain a legal order which states that it cannot be used or sold for a particular period of time. The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen. Freeze is also a noun. a freeze on private savings. see also freezing, frozen
When the temperature at or near the surface is expected to be 32 or below, during the growing season Adjectives, such as "killing,' "severe," or "hard," are used when appropriate A freeze may or may not be accompanied by the formation of frost
{f} chill until solid; be chilled until solid; stiffen, make rigid; cease the manufacture of; fix at a certain level (prices, wages, etc.); anesthetize locally (American usage)
{i} act of freezing; state of being frozen; extreme cold (Meteorology); frost, great cold; act of ceasing the manufacture of; act of fixing (prices, wages, etc.) at a certain level; (Computer) state when a computer or network stops working suddenly and nothing moves and the only thing to do is to reboot the computer to start it again; (Computers) lock of a developing software distribution or document in order to release it with stability
To suspend the activity of an application or extension package Freezing a package is similar to removing a PC card that the package is stored on and in most cases should free up memory See also Frozen Package, Snowflake, Thaw, and Thawed Package
Crash When an application, system software, or both cannot understand the software programming code and stop functioning They can appear to "freeze" and fail to respond to keyboard or mouse commands, often forcing the viewer to restart his/her computer