to freeze

Definition von to freeze im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: glaciate; Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature
Vodka won't freeze in there, but beer will.; To become motionless
The squirrel froze when it saw the hawk overhead.; To be very cold
Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!.; A block on pay rises; To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard
Don't freeze meat twice.; A halt of a regular operation
Due to its current budget problems, the University has instituted a temporary hiring freeze.; A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out; To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
The court froze the criminal's bank account.; A period of intensely cold weather; {v} to kill or be congealed by cold; 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; v to turn liquid to solid by lowering the temperature of the liquid; Immobilization or cessation of an activity, such as a stop in the assigning of radio or TV station frequencies 2 3, 3 1; 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; 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; A precise draw weight shot in which the delivered stone comes to rest directly up against a stationary stone; {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); a fixing of prices, wages, rents, etc at current levels; {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; cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"; weather cold enough to cause freezing; 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; To attempt to retain possession of the ball or puck for an extended period of time without making an effort to score; To temporarily change the status of dimensions, multi-lines, or shared cells, so that they can be displayed by IGDS and MicroStation version 3 x; fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" weather cold enough to cause freezing the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband" anesthetize by cold be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo; A stone coming to rest touching another stone; The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed; change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"; If you freeze, you feel extremely cold. The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer; Number of freeze steps; also refers to the step introduced in DDR Max that requires the player to hold an arrow for some defined time; Legislation or agreement to keep prices or wages at current levels; If the government or a company freeze things such as prices or wages, they state officially that they will not allow them to increase for a fixed period of time. They want the government to freeze prices Freeze is also a noun. A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month; The phase change of a liquid to solid; To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill; 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; fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"; stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"; anesthetize by cold be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"; A complete stop, no movement (See hold); If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes The ground froze solid. the discovery of how to freeze water at higher temperatures. frozen puddles; When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point. What if it rained and then froze all through those months? Freeze is also a noun. The trees were damaged by a freeze in December; If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet. She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her; A condition occurring over a large area when the surface air temperature remains below 32 degrees Fahrenheit for an extended period of time possibly leading to the damage of certain crops; To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice; A sudden and immediate stoppage in action and motion that creates a tableau during a dramatic work; To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat; suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"; Freezing a djinn involves capturing its state and saving it in a persistent file Sun calls this the ``pickling'' of objects; it is also called ``serialization '' A frozen djinn can be thawed and executed again, either locally or remotely, though a message to its appropriate Djinn Master, which summons the djinn using a lamp Note that the program counter of a djinn is not saved when the djinn is frozen; when the djinn executes again, it is restarted from the beginning Also note that when a djinn is not being used, it is frozen; when it gets an incoming message, it is thawed A djinn can also save its state but not necessarily exit by using the checkpoint method; If a government freezes a plan or process, they state officially that they will not allow it to continue for a period of time. Britain has already frozen its aid programme Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year. Freeze is also a noun. a freeze in nuclear weapons programs; To lower somethings temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard; The process by which liquid becomes a solid; If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point. You can also talk about how well food freezes. You can freeze the soup at this stage Most fresh herbs will freeze successfully; A process of fixing the association between name and ordinal, for function exported from a DLL; be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"; an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"; A condition occurring over a large area when the surface air temperature remains below thirty two (32) degrees Fahrenheit for an extended period of time possibly leading to damage of certain crops; To get cold enough to become solid; anesthetize by cold; the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid; be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"; be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo; Occurs when the surface air temperature is expected to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below over a widespread area for a significant period of time; A frieze; stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"; prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"; Orders entered into the system with price outside the Operational range and orders with quantity greater than the Order Quantity Freeze percentage is sent to the Exchange for approval Such orders are not reflected in the books and are 'frozen' till the Exchange approves them; change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"