Meaning

5 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.

  2. (slang, transitive)To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and motivate vengeance.

  3. (UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To chafe or rub (something).

  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To chafe or rub.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”).

Examples

522 sentences
  1. I've got nothing in my fridge.

    У мене в холодильнику нічого немає. — deniko

    ruУ меня в холодильнике ничего нет. — marafon

    deIch habe nichts in meinem Kühlschrank. — raggione

  2. There is yogurt in the fridge.

    У холодильнику є йогурт. — User55521

    ruВ холодильнике есть йогурт. — odexed

    deIm Kühlschrank ist Joghurt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I've never seen a pink fridge.

    Я ніколи не бачив рожевого холодильника. — deniko

    ruЯ никогда не видел розового холодильника. — marafon

    deIch habe noch nie einen rosa Kühlschrank gesehen. — Yorwba

  4. I'll put this in the fridge.

    Я покладу це в холодильник. — deniko

    ruЯ положу это в холодильник. — marafon

    deIch werde das in den Kühlschrank legen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I'll just put this in the fridge.

    Я просто покладу це в холодильник. — oromashka

    ruЯ просто уберу это в холодильник. — marafon

Origin

The noun is a clipping of refrigerator, perhaps influenced by the Frigidaire brand of refr

The noun is a clipping of refrigerator, perhaps influenced by the Frigidaire brand of refrigerators, or frigerator (“(dated) refrigerator”). The spelling is likely influenced by analogy with bridge, ridge, etc. The verb is derived from the noun.

Probably imitative of the sound of chafing or rubbing.

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Forms

fridges, fridging, fridged, fridged
Base formfridge · to fridge
3rd person singularfridges
Present participlefridging
Past simplefridged
Past participlefridged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfridge
he, she, itfridges

Past simpleLesson

all personsfridged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fridged
he, she, ithas fridged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fridge

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Collocations

3 patterns
  • in the fridge
  • of the fridge
  • from the fridge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fridge — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto