froze

1.freeze(冻结)的过去式

1.if water freezes, or if something freezes it, it gets very cold and changes into ice; if a liquid freezes or something freezes it, it becomes solid because it has reached a low temperature; if a substance freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes very cold and hard; if a pipe freezes, or if the weather freezes it, the water inside it becomes ice; if something such as a lock or a machine freezes, or if something freezes it, it gets stuck and cannot move

2.to preserve food or drink by making it extremely cold in a freezer; if food freezes, you can preserve it in this way; if you freeze a human body or a part of the body, you preserve it by making it extremely cold

3.to feel extremely cold

4.if it freezes, the temperature of the air goes down to 0° Celsius or below

5.to stop moving and keep completely still; to stop moving or making progress; if a computer screen freezes, or if something freezes it, the images on it become completely still and you cannot move them because there is something wrong with the computer; to stop a video or movie from moving forward, especially so you can look closely at one particular picture

6.to legally stop a supply of money from being available to someone

1.an official decision to prevent any increase in the number, level, or rate of something

2.a drop in temperature to 0° Celsius or below; a period of time when the weather is extremely cold