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Water will freeze in the cold.
What does Freeze mean?
To become frozen or stop moving.
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To become hard because of cold; also to stop moving suddenly.
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The rabbit seemed to freeze in place.
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Freeze can describe ice forming, a person stopping suddenly, or pausing an action.
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Partverb, noun.
MeaningFreeze means To become frozen or stop moving.
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meltTo turn from solid to liquid.
opposite ideaA contrasting idea to freeze, depending on context.
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Freeze word family
Base word
freeze
noun
freezes
More than one freeze.
verb
freezed
Past form of freeze.
verb
freezing
Action form of freeze.
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