A2verb · irregular · transitive · common

freeze

freeze · freezes · froze · frozen · freezing

заморожувати, заморозити, замерзнути, замерзати

заморозить, замораживать, встать, замерзать

einfrieren, halten, hängen, gefrieren

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

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/ˈfɹiːz/

» We were nearly frozen to death.

Wir waren fast totgefroren.

Wir sind fast erfroren.

Ми мало не померли від холоду.

Meaning

13 senses

(copulative, intransitive)Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
The lake froze solid.
1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Book XX: The Famine, Ever thicker, thicker, thicker / Froze the ice on lake and river,
gefrieren
замерза́тьzamerzátʹ, замёрзнутьzamjórznutʹ
замерза́тиzamerzáty, заме́рзнутиzamérznuty
change from a liquid to a solid when cold
(transitive)To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
Don't freeze meat twice.
1888, Elias Lönnrot, John Martin Crawford (translator, from German), The Kalevala, Rune XXX: The Frost-fiend, Freeze the wizard in his vessel, / Freeze to ice the wicked Ahti, ...
einfrieren
замора́живатьzamoráživatʹ, заморо́зитьzamorózitʹ
заморо́жуватиzamoróžuvaty, заморо́зитиzamorózyty
(intransitive)To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.
frieren
моро́зитьmorózitʹ
заморожуватиzamorožuvaty, заморожуватисяzamorožuvatysja
(informal, intransitive)To be affected by extreme cold.
It's freezing in here!
Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!
frieren
мёрзнутьmjórznutʹ
be cold
(idiomatic, intransitive)Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
Since the last update, the program freezes after a few minutes of use.
einfrieren, stoppen, (plötzlich) anhalten
ви́снутьvísnutʹ, зави́снутьzavísnutʹ, закли́ниватьzaklínivatʹ
(idiomatic, intransitive)Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze as soon as I got on stage.
(transitive)To cause someone to become motionless.
erstarren, einfrieren, (Maschine) einfrieren
замира́тьzamirátʹ, замере́тьzamerétʹ, застыва́тьzastyvátʹ
cause to freeze
(figuratively)To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances.
frösteln, abkühlen
To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
erfrieren, ersterben
(transitive)To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
The court froze the criminal's bank account.
(Transaktionen) blockieren
замора́живатьzamoráživatʹ, заморо́зитьzamorózitʹ
заморо́жуватиzamoróžuvaty, заморо́зитиzamorózyty
Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
(ambitransitive)To prevent from showing any visible change.
Pressing the pause button will freeze the video playback.
Playback will freeze if you pause the video.
change to ice

Examples

642 sentences

We were nearly frozen to death.
Ми мало не померли від холоду.
deWir waren fast totgefroren.
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The meat is frozen.
Це м'ясо заморожене.
ruМясо заморожено.
deDas Fleisch ist gefroren.
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The lake was frozen.
Озеро замерзло.
ruОзеро замёрзло.
deDer See war zugefroren.
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Bring the frozen fish here.
Принесіть заморожену рибу сюди.
ruПринесите замороженную рыбу сюда.
deBringen Sie den gefrorenen Fisch her!
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Tom is going to freeze to death.
Том околіє.
deTom wird erfrieren.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

to become solid due to low temperature:

to lower something's temperature to freezing point:

of temperature, to drop below zero:

Русский

By meaning 6

to become solid due to low temperature:

to lower something's temperature to freezing point:

of temperature, to drop below zero:

to be affected by cold:

of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt:

to become motionless:

Deutsch

By meaning 9

to become solid due to low temperature:

to lower something's temperature to freezing point:

of temperature, to drop below zero:

of machines and software: to come to a sudden halt:

to become motionless:

to cause to become motionless:

to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling:

to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat:

to prevent movement of someone's financial assets:

Origin

From Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan (“to freeze”), from Proto-West German

From Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan (“to freeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”).

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