Freeze

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

   “The lake froze solid.”

2. fiil To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.

   “Don't freeze meat twice.”

3. fiil To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

   “It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.”

4. fiil To be affected by extreme cold.

   “It's freezing in here!”

5. fiil Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).

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

6. fiil Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.

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

7. fiil To cause someone to become motionless.

   “Dr Constantine sniggered and Mrs Hubbard immediately froze him with a glance.”

8. fiil To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.

   “Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances.”

9. fiil To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

   “A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, / That almost freezes up the heat of life.”

10. fiil To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets

    “The court froze the criminal's bank account.”

11. fiil Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.

    “The headline promise in the Liberal Democrat manifesto is to freeze rail fares for commuters and season ticket holders for the duration of a Parliament.”

12. fiil To prevent from showing any visible change.

    “Pressing the pause button will freeze the video playback.”

13. fiil To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
14. isim A period of intensely cold weather.

    “In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily.”

15. isim A halt of a regular operation.

    “Without a freeze it might be possible to proceed with the production and deployment of such destabilizing systems as the MX, Trident II, cruise missiles and SS-18s, -19s and -20s.”

16. isim The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
17. isim 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.

    “The reason I said the guard wasn't the toughest shot in curling is because, in my book, that's a shot called the freeze. A stone thrown as a freeze comes perfectly to rest directly in front of another stone, without moving it (see Figure 10-5).”

18. isim A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.

    “a hiring freeze;  a pay freeze”

19. isim Obsolete form of frieze.
20. özel isim A surname.