freeze

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Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature

• It may freeze next week.

  Nächste Woche wird es vielleicht Frost geben.

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• Water expands when it freezes.

  Wasser dehnt sich beim Gefrieren aus.

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To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard

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To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice

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To be affected by extreme cold

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Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning)

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Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc

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To cause someone to become motionlessselten

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To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracizeselten

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To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chillselten

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To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assetsselten