as in to harden
to become physically firm or solid
add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine
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as in cold
a weather condition marked by low temperatures
the Midwest will experience an intense freeze later in the week
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Recent Examples of freeze
Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
There is surely something chilling about the idea of billionaires talking openly and even gleefully about their wish to eliminate the jobs of some public sector workers and to freeze the salaries of others.
—Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
With an Arctic freeze about to descend on the city, Monday’s inaugural ceremonies will be held indoors at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for the first time since Ronald Reagan’s 1985 inauguration.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Inaugural ceremonies began at 11:30am. Because of freezing weather in D.C., the ceremony took place inside the Capitol Rotunda.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
There is surely something chilling about the idea of billionaires talking openly and even gleefully about their wish to eliminate the jobs of some public sector workers and to freeze the salaries of others.
—Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
Numerous freeze warnings were in place in northern Florida and along much of the Gulf Coast.
—Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
With an Arctic freeze about to descend on the city, Monday’s inaugural ceremonies will be held indoors at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for the first time since Ronald Reagan’s 1985 inauguration.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
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These processes need to be sufficiently hardened by providers to prevent trivial abuse by these attackers and to maintain the security benefits of using passkeys.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Let the wax harden before popping the waxy dryer lint firestarters out of the carton.—
Rabekah Henderson,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Fox Weather reported Texas will get see the bitter cold arrive over the weekend and temperatures ranging from the 60s to the 40s by Sunday and the 20s by Monday.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Or the surprise of seeing the grand stage and spectacle reduced to the indoor space of the Capitol Rotunda in 1985 due to severe cold?—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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Spritzing the end of the thread with hairspray will stiffen it just enough to be able to be threaded more easily, but keeps enough flexibility to be used.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy: Another rare type, this causes heart muscles to stiffen, which in turn prevents the heart’s ventricles from filling with enough blood to pump throughout the body.—
Elizabeth Millard,
TIME,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Freeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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