freeze

freeze
I [friːz]
nome
1) meteor. gelo m., gelata f.
2) econ. congelamento m., blocco m. (on di)
II 1. [friːz]
verbo transitivo (pass. froze; p.pass. frozen)
1) congelare [food]; [cold weather] gelare [liquid, pipes]
2) econ. congelare, bloccare
3) cinem. bloccare [frame]
4) (anaesthetize) anestetizzare con il freddo
5) inform. bloccare [window]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. froze; p.pass. frozen)
1) (become solid) [water, pipes] gelare; [food] congelarsi
2) (feel cold) [person] gelare

to be freezing to death — fig. morire di freddo

3) fig. (become motionless) [person, animal] irrigidirsi, rimanere immobile; [blood] raggelarsi

freeze! — ferma! fermi tutti!

4) fig. (become haughty) diventare borioso
3.
verbo impersonale meteor. gelare
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[fri:z] 1. past tense - froze; verb
1) (to make into or become ice: It's so cold that the river has frozen over.) gelare
2) ((of weather) to be at or below freezing-point: If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.) gelare
3) (to make or be very cold: If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).) congelare, gelare, (morire dal freddo)
4) (to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it: You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.) congelare
5) (to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc): She froze when she heard the strange noise.) gelare, agghiacciare
6) (to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level: If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.) congelare
2. noun
(a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point: How long do you think the freeze will last?) gelo
- freezing
- frozen
- freezing-point
- freeze up
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freeze /fri:z/
n.
1 gelo; gelata
2 (econ.) blocco; congelamento: freeze on hiring, blocco delle assunzioni; pay (o wage) freeze, blocco dei salari; price freeze, blocco dei prezzi
3freeze-frame
● (ind.) freeze drying, liofilizzazione (di alimenti) □ (fin.) freeze out, esclusione dei soci minoritari (dalle decisioni).
♦ (to) freeze /fri:z/
(pass. froze, p. p. frozen)
A v. t.
1 (anche to freeze up) congelare; (far) gelare; ghiacciare
2 (alim.) congelare; surgelare: to freeze meat, surgelare la carne
3 (econ., fin.) bloccare; imporre il blocco di; congelare: to freeze wages, bloccare (o congelare) i salari; to freeze credit, congelare i crediti; (leg.) to freeze assets, congelare i beni
4 (med.) anestetizzare (con il freddo)
5 (fig.) gelare; agghiacciare; raggelare: He froze me with one look, mi ha gelato con uno sguardo
6 (fig.) far irrigidire; bloccare; immobilizzare; paralizzare: The village seemed to have been frozen in time, il villaggio sembrava essersi bloccato nel tempo
7 (cinem., TV) fermare, bloccare (il fotogramma, l'immagine)
B v. i.
1 (anche to freeze up) gelare; ghiacciare; coprirsi di ghiaccio: Water freezes at 0 В°C, l'acqua gela a 0В° centigradi; It froze last night, stanotte ha gelato; The pipes froze up last January, il gennaio scorso i tubi sono gelati
2 (alim.) congelare; surgelare; essere congelabile (o surgelabile)
3 (solo alla forma progressiva) (fam.) avere molto freddo; gelare; morire di freddo (fam.): I'm freezing, sto morendo di freddo; to freeze to death, morire assiderato; I'm freezing to death, sto gelando; sto morendo di freddo
4 rimanere attaccato (per il gelo)
5 (anche to freeze up) raggelarsi; irrigidirsi; arrestarsi; bloccarsi; immobilizzarsi; restare paralizzato: His smile froze, il suo sorriso si è irrigidito; to freeze with horror, essere paralizzato dall'orrore; The woman froze to the spot, la donna si immobilizzò; (fam.) Freeze!, fermo dove sei!; fermi tutti!
6 (anche to freeze up) (di attore) dimenticare la battuta
7 (di comput.) bloccarsi; impallarsi (fam.)
to freeze on to st., restare attaccato a qc. per il gelo; (fig.) attaccarsi ostinatamente a qc. (un'idea, ecc.) □ to freeze solid, diventare un blocco [una lastra] di ghiaccio □ to make sb.'s blood freeze, far gelare il sangue (nelle vene) a q.
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I [friːz]
nome
1) meteor. gelo m., gelata f.
2) econ. congelamento m., blocco m. (on di)
II 1. [friːz]
verbo transitivo (pass. froze; p.pass. frozen)
1) congelare [food]; [cold weather] gelare [liquid, pipes]
2) econ. congelare, bloccare
3) cinem. bloccare [frame]
4) (anaesthetize) anestetizzare con il freddo
5) inform. bloccare [window]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. froze; p.pass. frozen)
1) (become solid) [water, pipes] gelare; [food] congelarsi
2) (feel cold) [person] gelare

to be freezing to death — fig. morire di freddo

3) fig. (become motionless) [person, animal] irrigidirsi, rimanere immobile; [blood] raggelarsi

freeze! — ferma! fermi tutti!

4) fig. (become haughty) diventare borioso
3.
verbo impersonale meteor. gelare

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