as in to harden
to become physically firm or solid
add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine
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as in cold
a weather condition marked by low temperatures
the Midwest will experience an intense freeze later in the week
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Recent Examples of freeze
Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Even a brilliant engineer might freeze at the thought of writing a 1,000-word article.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
The freeze lasted until the early 1990s, when Strassman managed to jump through the heap of regulatory hoops to carry out legal DMT research at the University of New Mexico, making DMT the origin of today’s revival in psychedelic science.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Verb
To prolong the life of your leftovers, consider freezing them.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Even a brilliant engineer might freeze at the thought of writing a 1,000-word article.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
The measures included a hiring freeze, temporary furloughs, leadership pay cuts and payments halted to many lobbying firms in Washington.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
The freeze lasted until the early 1990s, when Strassman managed to jump through the heap of regulatory hoops to carry out legal DMT research at the University of New Mexico, making DMT the origin of today’s revival in psychedelic science.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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The unequal recovery since the Great Recession and frustration that costly college degrees haven’t always yielded meaningful returns have only hardened those attitudes.Maria Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic.Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Whooping cough can be a pernicious disease that starts out like a cold, but then takes a severe turn with coughing that persists for weeks or months, according to the CDC.Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Humans In The Factory If the 1913 Ford factory concept seems a little cold, that's likely because many assume that workers in a factory are interchangeable.Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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In Electric mode, at the halfway point of throttle pedal travel the action stiffens.Mark Ewing, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The same law that stiffened ID on in-person voting stiffened ID requirements for getting absentee ballots, and eliminated in-person early voting the Monday before an election.Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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“Freeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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