freeze

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (copulative, intransitive) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
2. (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
3. (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
4. (informal, intransitive) To be affected by extreme cold.
5. (intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
6. (intransitive) (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
7. (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
8. (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
9. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
10. (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
11. Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
12. (ambitransitive) To prevent from showing any visible change.
13. (transitive) To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.

Noun

1. A period of intensely cold weather.
2. A halt of a regular operation.
3. The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
4. 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.
5. A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.

Noun

Obsolete form of frieze.

Concetti

congelare

gelare

congelarsi

gelarsi

assiderare

gelo

ghiacciare

bloccare

agghiacciare

aver freddo

blocco

fare freddo

raffreddare

intirizzire

rinfrescare

coagularsi

pietrificare

avere freddo

essere freddo

gelà

jaccià

congela

fermata

gelata

solidificarsi

brinare

coagulare

congelamento

diacciare

ghiacciarsi

inchiodarsi

intorpidire

raffreddarsi

assiderarsi

pietrificarsi

sentire freddo

lasciare congelare

preparare il gelato

diventare come pietra

indurirsi come la pietra

Opposto di

defrost, liquify, unfreeze

sinonimi

congeal

frost

solidify

cold

🥶

freezing

refrigerate

frozen

coagulate

ice

🧊

stiffen

chill

curdle

shiver

become numb

clot

immobilise

halt

freeze down

petrified

be cold

petrify

cool

🆒

become solid

immobilize

freeze out

ice up

fix

thicken

be frozen over

stop

🛑

deep freeze

bitterness

crash

coolness

chilliness

chilled

hang

quick-freeze

set

shudder

congelation

glaciate

gelidity

congealment

glaciation

paralyze

peg

harden

frostiness

coldness

Traduzioni

geler

gefrieren

congelar

congeler

helar

congelar

einfrieren

bevriezen

frieren

παγώνω

congelarse

gelar

congelar

vriezen

gelar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfɹiːz/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: fresen

Ereditato da inglese antico: frēosan

Affine scozzese: frese

Affine saterfriesisch: frjoze

Affine frisone occidentale: frieze

Affine olandese: vriezen

Affine basso tedesco: freren

Affine tedesco: frieren

Affine danese: fryse

Affine norvegese: fryse

Affine svedese: frysa

Affine latino: pruīna

Affine gallese: -

Affine sanscrito: प्रुष्व

In summary

From Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan (“to freeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to frost, freeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to frost, freeze”).
Cognate with Scots frese (“to freeze”), North Frisian friis, friise, früüs (“to freeze”), Saterland Frisian frjoze (“to freeze”), West Frisian frieze (“to freeze”), Dutch vriezen (“to freeze”), Low German freren, freern, fresen (“to freeze”), Luxembourgish fréieren (“freeze”), German frieren (“to freeze”), Yiddish פֿרירן (frirn, “freeze”), Cimbrian briizan, vriizan (“freeze”), Danish, Norwegian fryse (“freeze”), Swedish frysa (“to freeze”), Icelandic frjósa (“freeze”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost”), Welsh (Northern) rhew (“frost, ice”), and Sanskrit प्रुष्व (pruṣvá, “water drop, frost”).