[friːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold
(e.g: in the winter the milk froze)

- store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it
(e.g: the cake can be frozen)

- become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock
(e.g: she froze in horror)

- hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time
(e.g: new spending on defence was to be frozen)


Phrases:
- freeze one's blood

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

[friːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state
(e.g: workers faced a pay freeze)

- a period of frost or very cold weather
(e.g: the big freeze surprised the weathermen)


Phrases:
- freeze one's blood

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