froze Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb stop moving or become immobilized
    stop dead; freeze.
    • When he saw the police car he froze
  2. verb change to ice
    freeze.
    • The water in the bowl froze
  3. verb be cold
    freeze.
    • I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on
  4. verb cause to freeze
    freeze.
    • Freeze the leftover food
  5. verb stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
    suspend; freeze.
    • Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
  6. verb be very cold, below the freezing point
    freeze.
    • It is freezing in Kalamazoo
  7. verb change from a liquid to a solid when cold
    freeze out; freeze down; freeze.
    • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
  8. verb prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
    immobilize; immobilise; block; freeze.
    • Blocked funds
    • Freeze the assets of this hostile government
  9. verb anesthetize by cold
    freeze.
  10. verb suddenly behave coldly and formally
    freeze.
    • She froze when she saw her ex-husband

WordNet


Froze
Definitions
  1. imp. of Freeze.

Webster 1913