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freeze out
freeze F0314100 (frēz)v. froze (frōz), fro·zen (frō′zən), freez·ing, freez·es v.intr.1. a. To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.b. To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold: The lake froze over in January. Bridges freeze before the adjacent roads.2. To become clogged or jammed because of the formation of ice: The pipes froze in the basement.3. To be at that degree of temperature at which ice forms: It may freeze tonight.4. To be killed or harmed by cold or frost: They almost froze to death. Mulch keeps garden plants from freezing.5. To be or feel uncomfortably cold: Aren't you freezing without a coat?6. a. To become fixed, stuck, or attached by or as if by frost: The lock froze up with rust.b. To stop functioning properly, usually temporarily: My computer screen froze when I opened the infected program.7. a. To become motionless or immobile, as from surprise or attentiveness: I heard a sound and froze in my tracks.b. To become unable to act or speak, as from fear: froze in front of the audience.8. To become rigid and inflexible; solidify: an opinion that froze into dogma.v.tr.1. a. To convert into ice.b. To cause ice to form upon.c. To cause to congeal or stiffen from extreme cold: winter cold that froze the ground.2. To preserve (foods, for example) by subjecting to freezing temperatures.3. To damage, kill, or make inoperative by cold or by the formation of ice.4. To make very cold; chill.5. To immobilize, as with fear or shock.6. To chill with an icy or formal manner: froze me with one look.7. To stop the motion or progress of: The negotiations were frozen by the refusal of either side to compromise; froze the video in order to discuss the composition of the frame.8. a. To fix (prices or wages, for example) at a given or current level.b. To prohibit further manufacture or use of.c. To prevent or restrict the exchange, withdrawal, liquidation, or granting of by governmental action: freeze investment loans during a depression; froze foreign assets held by US banks.9. To anesthetize by chilling.10. Sports To keep possession of (a ball or puck) so as to deny an opponent the opportunity to score.n.1. a. The act of freezing.b. The state of being frozen.2. A spell of cold weather; a frost.3. A restriction that forbids a quantity from rising above a given or current level: a freeze on city jobs; a proposed freeze on the production of nuclear weapons.Phrasal Verb: freeze out To shut out or exclude, as by cold or unfriendly treatment: The others tried to freeze me out of the conversation.Idiom: freeze (someone's) blood To affect with terror or dread; horrify: a scream that froze my blood.
[Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan; see preus- in Indo-European roots.]
freez′a·ble adj.Word History: Describing the landscape of Hell in Book II of Paradise Lost, Milton depicts "a frozen Continent ... beat with perpetual storms ... the parching Air Burns frore, and cold performs th' effect of Fire." It is evident from these lines that frore has some relationship to frozen, but what exactly is it? The Modern English paradigm for the verb freeze is freeze, froze, frozen, with a z throughout. However, in Old English, the principal parts were frēosan, frēas, froren. The r in the past participle froren is from a prehistoric s that became r by Verner's Law, a sound shift that changed s in certain positions into r. (The effects of Verner's Law can also be seen in such Modern English pairs as was and were, and lose and (love-)lorn.) During the Middle English period, a new past participle frosen was created using the s from the first two principal parts; this survives as frozen nowadays. The older participle, spelled froren or frore in Middle English, lived on as a poetic word for "cold," but well before Milton's day it had become archaic in the standard language.freeze out vb (tr, adverb) informal to force out or exclude, as by unfriendly behaviour, boycotting, etc Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | freeze out - change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"freeze down, freezenatural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"freeze - change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"solidify - become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled" |
Translationsfreeze out
freeze out1. To decrease the temperature of some place or allow it to become very cold and thus make its inhabitants uncomfortable enough to want to leave. A noun or pronoun can be used between "freeze" and "out." I'm not trying to freeze you guys out, honestly—our heater is broken.2. To exclude or ostracize someone by being cold or distant to them. A noun or pronoun can be used between "freeze" and "out." I think they're trying to freeze me out of the literary magazine this year. No one will return my emails.See also: freeze, outfreeze someone out 1. Lit. to make it too cold for someone, usually by opening windows or through the use of air-conditioning. Turn up the heat unless you're trying to freeze us out. Are you trying to freeze out everybody? Close the door. 2. Fig. to lock someone out socially; to isolate someone from something or a group. We didn't want to freeze you out. You failed to pay your dues, however. They froze out the newcomers.See also: freeze, outfreeze outShut out or exclude by unfriendly treatment; force to retire or withdraw from membership, a job, or the like. For example, They tried to freeze me out of the conversation, or After Bill was frozen out of the case, they hired a new lawyer. [Mid-1800s] See also: freeze, outfreeze outv. To shut out or exclude someone by cold or unfriendly treatment: The popular kids tried to freeze me out of the conversation. The group froze out the new employees at the meeting.See also: freeze, outfreeze someone out1. tv. to make it too cold for someone, usually by opening windows or through the use of air conditioning. (see also play freeze-out.) Are you trying to freeze out everybody? Close the door. 2. tv. to lock someone out socially. They froze out the newcomers. See also: freeze, out, someoneEncyclopediaSeefreezeFreeze out
Freeze outThe action of pressurizing shareholders with relatively minor amounts of stock to sell their shares after a takeover.Freeze Out1. In an acquisition, a provision in a charter allowing the acquiring company to buy out all minority shareholders in the target company for a fair price for a limited period of time. The freeze out provision usually lasts from two to five years following the acquisition.
2. A situation in which the majority shareholder(s) of a company pressure minority shareholders to sell their holdings. For instance, majority shareholders may conduct a freeze out by completely shutting minority shareholders out of the decision making process or by withholding pertinent (but not legally required) information.freeze out
Synonyms for freeze outverb change from a liquid to a solid when coldSynonymsRelated Words- natural philosophy
- physics
- freeze
- solidify
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