n. 25B6; verb
the stream had frozen : ICE OVER, ice up, solidify.
the campers stifled in summer and froze in winter : BE VERY COLD, be numb with cold, turn blue with cold, shiver, be chilled to the bone/marrow.
she froze in horror : STOP DEAD, stop in one's tracks, stop, stand (stock) still, go rigid, become motionless, become paralysed.
the prices of basic foodstuffs were frozen : FIX, hold, peg, set; limit, restrict, cap, confine, regulate; hold/keep down.
thaw.
25A0; freeze someone out (informal) EXCLUDE, leave out, shut out, cut out, ignore, ostracize, spurn, snub, shun, cut, cut dead, turn one's back on, cold-shoulder, give someone the cold shoulder, leave out in the cold; Brit. send to Coventry; Brit. informal blank.