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{ "term": "freeze", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "freeze", "heSheIt": "freezes" }, "pastSimple": "froze", "pastParticiple": "frozen", "ingForm": "freezing" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make something do this", "sensetop": "freeze somethingfreeze + adj.freeze something + adj.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Water freezes at 0°C." }, { "text": "It's so cold that even the river has frozen." }, { "text": "The cold weather had frozen the ground.", "contextForm": "freeze something" }, { "text": "The clothes **froze solid** on the washing line.", "contextForm": "freeze + adj." }, { "text": "The frost had frozen the ground hard.", "contextForm": "freeze something + adj." }, { "text": "Last year's cold spell froze the lake solid." } ], "topics": ["Weather"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["solid", "over", "up"], "preposition": ["into"], "phrases": ["freeze to death"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "if a pipe, lock or machine freezes, or something freezes it, it becomes blocked with frozen liquid and therefore cannot be used", "sensetop": "freeze upfreeze something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water." }, { "text": "I kept the car running to stop the engine freezing up.", "contextForm": "freeze up" }, { "text": "Ten degrees of frost had frozen the lock on the car.", "contextForm": "freeze something" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["solid", "over", "up"], "preposition": ["into"], "phrases": ["freeze to death"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° Celsius", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It may freeze tonight, so bring those plants inside." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to be very cold; to be so cold that you die", "sensetop": "freeze somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Every time she opens the window we all freeze." }, { "text": "Two men **froze to death** on the mountain." }, { "text": "Two men were frozen to death on the mountain.", "contextForm": "freeze somebody" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["solid", "over", "up"], "preposition": ["into"], "phrases": ["freeze to death"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to keep something, especially food, at a very low temperature in order to preserve it", "sensetop": "freeze something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Can you freeze this cake?" }, { "text": "The organ samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["well"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to be able to be kept at a very low temperature", "examples": [ { "text": "Some fruits freeze better than others." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["well"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc.", "labels": "(figurative)", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "I froze with terror as the door slowly opened." }, { "text": "The smile froze on her lips." }, { "text": "The police officer shouted ‘Freeze!’ and the man dropped the gun." }, { "text": "Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze." }, { "text": "He was so surprised he froze to the spot." }, { "text": "Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask." }, { "text": "She froze with horror when she saw the body." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["suddenly", "for a moment", "for a second"], "verb + freeze": ["seem to"], "preposition": ["in", "with", "into"], "phrases": ["freeze to the spot", "freeze on the spot"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "when a computer screen freezes, you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it, because there is a problem with the system", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Computers"] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to stop a film or video in order to look at a particular picture", "sensetop": "freeze something", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "Freeze the action there!" } ], "topics": ["Film and theatre"] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time", "sensetop": "freeze something", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "Salaries have been frozen for the current year." }, { "text": "Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now." } ], "synonyms": "peg", "topics": ["Money"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["effectively"], "preposition": ["at"] } }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which bans it", "sensetop": "freeze something", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "The company's assets have been frozen." } ], "topics": ["Money"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make you extremely frightened or shocked", "examples": [], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you", "examples": [ { "text": "Jess froze in her tracks and took a deep breath." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you", "labels": "(figurative)", "examples": [ { "text": "The question stopped Alice in her tracks." }, { "text": "Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?" }, { "text": "The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/friːz/", "audio": "fr/freeze/freeze__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪz/", "audio": "fr/freeze/freezes__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/frəʊz/", "audio": "fr/freeze/froze__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfrəʊzn/", "audio": "fr/freeze/frozen__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪŋ/", "audio": "fr/freeze/freezing__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/friːz/", "audio": "fr/freeze/freeze__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪz/", "audio": "fr/freeze/freezes__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/frəʊz/", "audio": "fr/freeze/froze__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfrəʊzn/", "audio": "fr/freeze/frozen__us_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪŋ/", "audio": "fr/freeze/freezing__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "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." }