freezes

/ˈfɹiːzɪz/ · verb

Meaning

Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
To be affected by extreme cold.
(of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
(of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
A period of intensely cold weather.
A halt of a regular operation.
The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
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.
A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
A banner with a series of pictures.

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