Look up: freeze

1. freeze
   To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability. Carries the strong implication that the item in question will 'unfreeze' at some future date. There are more specific constructions on this term. A 'feature freeze', for example,...
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2. Freeze
   To stop all action and movement on stage, usually during applause or just before a lighting cue.
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3. freeze
   [n] - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid 2. [n] - weather cold enough to cause freezing 3. [n] - an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement 4. [n] - fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level 5. [v] - be very col...
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4. Freeze
   To change from a liquid to a solid by cooling. See also: Liquid, Phase Change, Solid.
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5. freeze
   to subject foods to a freezing process specially designed to preserve their quality Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • in digital picture manipulators, the ability to stop or hold a frame of video so that the picture is frozen like a snapshot Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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6. Freeze
   Freezes the projection image to enable programme changes without viewers noticing. With the freeze function, a soft dissolve (respectively fade in/fade out in single projection) in your movement can be frozen at any point, any time.
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7. Freeze
   Freeze noun (Architecture) A frieze. [ Obsolete]
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8. Freeze
   Freeze intransitive verb [ imperfect Froze ; past participle Frozen ; present participle & verbal noun Freezing .] [ Middle English fresen , fre...
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9. Freeze
   Freeze transitive verb 1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. &#...
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10. Freeze
    Freeze noun The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [ Colloq.]
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11. Freeze
    Freeze transitive verb -- To freeze out , to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [ Colloq.] « A railroad ...
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12. freeze
    1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body. ... Water freezes at 32 deg above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40 deg below zero. ... 2. To become chilled with cold, or as w...
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13. freeze
    stop dead verb stop moving or become immobilized; `When he saw the police car he froze`
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14. freeze
    verb be cold; `I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on`
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15. freeze
    verb change to ice; `The water in the bowl froze`
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16. freeze
    noun an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; `a halt in the arms race`; `a nuclear freeze`
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17. freeze
    noun the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
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18. freeze
    verb stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; `Suspend the aid to the war-torn country`
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19. freeze
    freeze down verb change from a liquid to a solid when cold; `Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit`
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20. Freeze
    • (v. i.) To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body. • (v. t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. • (v. t.) To co...
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21. Freeze
    (art exhibition) `Freeze` is the title of an art exhibition that took place in July 1988 in an empty London Port Authority building at Surrey Docks in London Docklands.<ref name="members.lycos.co.uk">http://members.lycos.co.uk/exposuremagazine/yba.html--> Its main organise...
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22. Freeze
    (software engineering) In software engineering, a `freeze` is a point in time in the development process after which the rules for making changes to the source code or related resources become more strict, or the period during which those rules are applied. A freeze helps move the project for...
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23. Freeze
    (breakdance move) A `freeze` is a breakdance technique that involves halting all body motion, often in an interesting or balance-intensive position. It is implied that the position is hit and held from motion as if freezing in motion, or into ice. Freezes often incorporate various twists and ...
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