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Synonyms of freeze in English:

freeze


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verb

1‘it was so cold that the river Thames froze’

SYNONYMS
turn into ice, ice over, ice up, solidify, harden
archaic glaciate
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thaw, melt

2‘they freeze the fish as soon as they catch them’

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deep-freeze, quick-freeze, freeze-dry, put in the freezer, pack in ice, put on ice, ice
store at a low temperature, chill, cool, refrigerate
preserve
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thaw, warm up

3‘the campers stifled in summer and froze in winter’

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feel very cold, go numb with cold, turn blue with cold, shiver, shiver with cold, get chilled, get chilled to the bone, get chilled to the marrow
informal feel Jack Frost's fingers
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overheat

4‘when under attack the animals freeze’

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stop dead, stop in one's tracks, stop, stand still, stand stock still, go rigid, become motionless, become paralysed
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run away

5‘the prices of basic foodstuffs were frozen’

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fix, suspend, hold, peg, set
limit, restrict, curb, check, cap, confine, control, regulate
hold down, keep down
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change


noun

1‘only three race meetings have escaped the big freeze’

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cold snap, spell of cold weather, freeze-up, frost
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heatwave

2‘a two-year wage freeze’

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fix, suspension, hold

Phrases

    freeze someone out

    ‘she was frozen out by her husband's relatives’


    SYNONYMS
    exclude, leave out, shut out, cut out, neglect, ignore, ostracize, reject, disown, spurn, slight, snub, shun, cut, cut dead, turn one's back on, cold-shoulder, give someone the cold shoulder, leave out in the cold
    British send to Coventry
    informal knock back, brush off, give someone the brush-off, stiff-arm, hand someone the frozen mitt
    British informal blank
    North American informal give someone the brush
    Australian informal snout
    informal, dated give someone the go-by
    excommunicate
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    include, welcome