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freeze verb

  /ˈfɹiːz/
  • (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
jäätyä, jähmettyä, kohmettua
  • (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
pakastaa, olla pakkasta, pakastua
  • (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
jäädyttää, pakastaa, hyytää, jähmettää, kohmettaa
  • (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
jäädyttää, pakastaa, kylmetä, hyytää, jähmettää, kohmettaa
  • (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
jäätyä, jäätää
  • (intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
hyytyä, leikata kiinni, mennä jumiin, pysähtyä
  • (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
jähmettyä, pysähtyä
  • (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
jäädyttää, sulkea
  • To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
kohmettaa, palelluttaa

freeze noun

  /ˈfɹiːz/
  • A period of intensely cold weather.
halla, pakkanen
  • (computer) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
jumi, tiltti
  • (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
jäädytys, kielto, palkkasulku, sulku
  • A halt of a regular operation.
jäädytys, sulku

freezing noun

  /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
jäätyminen
  • (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
puudutus

freezing

pakastus

freezing adjective

  /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
  • (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold
jääkylmä
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