freeze

/friz/ v [I/T] (past tense froze /froʊz/, past participle frozen /ˈfroʊ·zən/)

Definition

› to become cold enough to become solid: [I] The rainwater froze overnight, leaving the roads icy. › If you freeze food, you preserve it by storing it at a very low temperature. › Someone such as a police officer who says freeze is ordering you not to move except as the person tells you: [I] Freeze! Keep your hands up! › To freeze something such as pay or prices is to fix them at a particular level and not allow any increases: [T] The company has frozen salaries. › To freeze money or property is to officially and legally prevent it from being used or moved: [T] The government froze his assets.

(Definition of freeze v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)