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freeze verb

  /ˈfɹiːz/
  • (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
 einfrieren, erstarren
  • (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
 einfrieren, gefrieren
  • (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
 frieren, einfrieren
  • (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
 erstarren, frieren
  • (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
 frieren
  • (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
 gefrieren, einfrieren

freeze noun

  /ˈfɹiːz/
  • A period of intensely cold weather.
 Frost
  • (computer) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
 Einfrieren

freezing adjective

  /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
  • (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold
 affenkalt, arschkalt, frostig, saukalt

freezing noun

  /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
 Erstarren, Gefrieren
freezing point
Gefrierpunkt
freezing rain
Eisregen, gefrierender Regen
freezing cold
Hundekälte
freezing compartment
Gefrierfach
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