Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: freeze
IPA transcription: [fɹ'iz]
Pronunciations of freeze
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: freeze, stop_dead
    Meaning: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
  • Synonyms: freeze
    Meaning: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
  • Synonyms: freeze
    Meaning: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
  • Synonyms: freeze
    Meaning: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
  • Synonyms: freeze, suspend
    Meaning: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
Usage examples
  • "That means we freeze, I guess," interjected Stacy.
  • I shall freeze to death!" called the voice from the carriage.
  • After this, both sides never failed to freeze their ammunition.
  • 'That it is', said another; 'I freeze so, that my teeth chatter.'
  • Take your time about it, madam, but freeze, that is all I ask of you."
  • I don't think that I am a coward, Watson, but that sound seemed to freeze my very blood.
  • And I, could I stand by And see you freeze, Without my right of frost, Death's privilege?
  • If for vanilla cream; use a table-spoonful of tincture of vanilla, two eggs beaten; mix well and freeze in the usual way.
  • Then it would thaw a little, and streams of water would run over the snow; then it would freeze again, and pack it into solid ice.
  • If any one did, something terrible would happen, apparently. The dead man was frozen through, "just as stiff as a dressed turkey you hang out to freeze," Jake said.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Enceladus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Barack Obama, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Michael Jordan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Big Bang, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 1973 world oil market chronology, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Planetary habitability, License CC BY-SA 4.0