ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ fɹɒst fɹɔst səsˈpɛnd suddenly behave coldly and formally She froze when she saw her ex-husband anesthetize by cold be cold I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) Blocked funds Freeze the assets of this hostile government stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it Suspend the aid to the war-torn country change to ice The water in the bowl froze cause to freeze Freeze the leftover food change from a liquid to a solid when cold Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level a freeze on hiring an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement a halt in the arms race a nuclear freeze stop moving or become immobilized When he saw the police car he froze be very cold, below the freezing point It is freezing in Kalamazoo weather cold enough to cause freezing the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid