freeze up

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To be adversely affected by ice, and not function.

   “But these precautions lost some of their merit when the L.T. trains themselves became frozen up at depots overnight.”

2. fiil (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).

   “Since the last update, the program freezes up after a few minutes of use.”

3. fiil (of people and other animals) To stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.

   “Despite all of the rehearsals, as soon as I got on stage I froze up.”

4. fiil To become cold and formal in demeanour.