Tra từ freeze - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

freeze [freeze freezes froze freezing frozen] verb, noun BrE [friːz] NAmE [friːz]
verb (frozeBrE [frəʊz] ; NAmE [froʊz] fro·zenBrE [ˈfrəʊzn] ; NAmE [ˈfroʊzn] )

BECOME ICE
1. intransitive, transitive to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make sth do this
• Water freezes at 0°C.
• It's so cold that even the river has frozen.
•~ sth The cold weather had frozen the ground.
•+ adj. The clothes froze solid on the washing-line.
Opp: ↑thaw

OF PIPE/LOCK/MACHINE
2. intransitive, transitive if a pipe, lock or machine freezes, or sth freezes it, it becomes blocked with frozen liquid and therefore cannot be used
•~ (up) The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water.
•~ sth (up) Ten degrees of frost had frozen the lock on the car.

OF WEATHER
3. intransitive when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° Celsius
• It may freeze tonight, so bring those plants inside.

BE VERY COLD
4. intransitive, transitive to be very cold; to be so cold that you die
• Every time she opens the window we all freeze.
• Two men froze to death on the mountain.
•~ sb Two men were frozen to death on the mountain.

FOOD
5. transitive ~ sth to keep food at a very low temperature in order to preserve it
• Can you freeze this cake?
• These meals are ideal for home freezing.
6. intransitive to be able to be kept at a very low temperature
• Some fruits freeze better than others.

STOP MOVING
7. intransitive to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc
• I froze with terror as the door slowly opened.
• (figurative) The smile froze on her lips.
•The police officer shouted ‘Freeze!’ and the man dropped the gun.

COMPUTER
8. intransitive when a computer screen freezes, you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it, because there is a problem with the system

FILM/MOVIE
9. transitive ~ sth to stop a film/movie or video in order to look at a particular picture
•Freeze the action there!
see also ↑freeze-frame

WAGES/PRICES
10. transitive ~ sth to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time
Syn: ↑peg
• Salaries have been frozen for the current year.

MONEY/BANK ACCOUNT
11. transitive ~ sth to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which bans it
• The company's assets have been frozen.
more at stop/halt/freeze in your tracks at ↑track _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and ↑frost.

Example Bank:
•He was so surprised he froze to the spot.
•His smile froze for a moment.
•Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter.
•Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask.
•Many vegetables freeze very well.
•Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now.
•Salaries were effectively frozen for six months.
•She froze with horror when she saw the body.
•Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze.
•The lake has frozen over.
•The pipes have frozen up.
•The pond had frozen solid.
•Turn up the heat— I'm freezing to death!
•like water freezing into ice
Idioms: ↑freeze your blood ▪ ↑make your blood freeze
Derived: ↑freeze over ▪ ↑freeze somebody out

noun

OF WAGES/PRICES
1. the act of keeping wages, prices, etc. at a particular level for a period of time
•a wage/price freeze

STOPPING STH
2. usually singular ~ (on sth) the act of stopping sth
•a freeze on imports

COLD WEATHER
3. usually singular (BrE)an unusually cold period of weather during which temperatures stay below 0° Celsius
•Farmers still talk about the big freeze of '99.
4. (NAmE)a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is below 0° Celsius
•A freeze warning was posted for Thursday night.

Word Origin:
Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and ↑frost.

Example Bank:
•Internet advertising is still in a deep freeze.
•It's too expensive to lift the freeze on pay.
•The government has imposed a price freeze on bread.
•The weather report advised us to prepare for a big freeze.
•a complete freeze on emissions
•a freeze on bus fares
•a total freeze on gas emissions