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freeze noun

  /ˈfɹiːz/
  • (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
 bevriezing, loonstop, salarisstop
  • (computer) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
 vastlopen
  • A period of intensely cold weather.
 vorst, vorstperiode

freeze verb

  /ˈfɹiːz/
  • (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
  • (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
 bevriezen, invriezen, vriezen
  • (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
 bevriezen, vriezen
  • (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
 vriezen, bevriezen
  • (intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
 stilvallen
  • (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
 verstijven, bevriezen
  • (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
 bevriezen

freezing adjective

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

freezing noun

  /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
 bevriezing
  • (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
 verdoving
deep-freeze
invriezen, diepvriezen
freeze frame
standbeeld
freeze-dry
vriesdrogen
freeze out
uitvriezen
freeze in
invriezen
freeze up
bevriezen
freeze-up
vorst
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