freeze
noun
/ˈfɹiːz/
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- (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
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blocco
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freeze
verb
/ˈfɹiːz/
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- (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
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gelare,
ghiacciare
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- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
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congelare
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- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
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gelare,
congelare
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freezing
adjective
/ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
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- (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold
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glaciale
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freezing
noun
/ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
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- (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
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anestesia
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- (countable, and, uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
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solidificazione
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