froze

Meaning of froze

verb, past tense
  1. (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
    in the winter the milk froze
    frost freezes water that has seeped into joints
  2. store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it.
    the cake can be frozen
  3. become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.
    she froze in horror
  4. hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time.
    new spending on defence was to be frozen

Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost.

Information about froze

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of froze

froze

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • froze is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

froze synonyms

Meaning decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing:

ice

Meaning cool (food or drink), typically in a refrigerator:

chill

Meaning become or make less hot:

cool

Meaning subject (food or drink) to cold in order to chill or preserve it, typically by placing it in a refrigerator:

refrigerate

Meaning treat (food) to prevent its decomposition:

preserve

Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:

stop

Meaning fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position:

fix

Meaning temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect:

suspend

Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:

hold

Meaning fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level:

peg

Meaning harden into a solid or semi-solid state:

set

Meaning set or serve as a limit to:

limit

Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:

restrict

Meaning restrain or keep in check:

curb

Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:

check

Meaning put a lid or cover on:

cap

Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):

confine

Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:

control

Meaning control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly:

regulate

froze antonyms

Meaning (of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming up:

thaw

Meaning make (someone or something) different; alter or modify:

change

Words that rhyme with froze

Roze, Dalcroze, croze, adffroze, adfroze, deepfroze, defroze, dehydroffroze, dehydrofroze, enfroze, preffroze, prefroze, reffroze, refroze, unffroze, unfroze, Nowroze

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