I.
noun
1 putting a particular level on sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ immediate
▪ complete , total ( esp. BrE )
▪
a complete ~ on emissions
▪ hiring ( esp. AmE ), pay , price , wage ( esp. BrE )
VERB + FREEZE
▪ impose
▪
The government has imposed a price ~ on bread.
▪ announce
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on fares
2 cold weather with a temperature below 0°
ADJECTIVE
▪ big ( esp. BrE ), deep ( AmE ), hard ( AmE )
▪
The weather report advised us to prepare for a big ~.
▪
Internet advertising is still in a deep ~. ( AmE , figurative )
▪ autumn , spring , etc. ( esp. BrE )
FREEZE + NOUN
▪ warning ( AmE )
▪
A hard ~ warning is in effect from midnight Sunday.
II.
verb
1 become ice/extremely cold
ADVERB
▪ solid
▪
The pond had frozen solid.
▪ over , up
▪
The lake has frozen over.
▪
The pipes have frozen up.
▪ quickly
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
like water freezing into ice
PHRASES
▪ ~ to death
▪
Hundreds of homeless people could ~ to death this winter.
▪
Turn up the heat—I'm freezing to death! ( figurative )
2 preserve food
ADVERB
▪ well
▪
Many vegetables ~ very well.
3 stop moving
ADVERB
▪ suddenly
▪ for a moment , for a second , momentarily
▪
His smile froze for a moment.
▪ immediately , instantly
▪ completely
VERB + FREEZE
▪ seem to
▪
Suddenly, Ronny seemed to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in , with
▪
She froze with horror when she saw the body.
▪ into
▪
Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask.
PHRASES
▪ ~ to the spot
▪
He was so surprised he froze to the spot.
▪ ~ on the spot ( AmE )
4 wages/prices
ADVERB
▪ effectively
▪
Salaries were effectively frozen for six months.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now.
Freeze is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ blood , ↑ computer , ↑ expression , ↑ hand , ↑ pipe , ↑ smile , ↑ water
Freeze is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ asset , ↑ embryo , ↑ funding