freeze

fri:z 1. past tense - froze; verb

1) (to make into or become ice: It's so cold that the river has frozen over.) fryse (til)

2) ((of weather) to be at or below freezing-point: If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.) være kuldegrader, fryse

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).) fryse

4) (to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it: You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.) fryse (ned)

5) (to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc): She froze when she heard the strange noise.) stivne, bli ubevegelig

6) (to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level: If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.) fastfryse/-låse

2. noun

(a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point: How long do you think the freeze will last?) frost(periode)

- freezer

- freezing
- frozen
- freezing-point
- freeze up

frost

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stans

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stivne

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stopp

I

subst. \/friːz\/

1) frost(periode), kulde(periode)

2) frysing, fastfrysing, nedfrysing

3) (amer., hverdagslig) kald skulder

• after I said that, he has given me the freeze

etter at jeg sa det, har han gitt meg en kald skulder

4) (om film e.l., også freeze frame) stillbilde

5) stopp

• pay freeze

lønnsstopp

II

verb (froze - frozen) \/friːz\/

1) fryse, bli til is, fryse igjen, fryse fast

• the water froze

vannet frøs

2) (overført) fryse til is

• the blood froze in his veins

blodet frøs til is i årene hans

3) fryse, være iskald

• I am freezing

jeg fryser

4) bli stiv av kulde, grøsse

5) fryse, få til å fryse, gjøre til is, islegge

• the river is frozen (over)

elven er frosset til

6) (om matvarer) fryse ned

• raspberries freeze well

bringebær egner seg til frysing

7) lokalbedøve (gjennom frysing)

• freeze a tooth

8) (handel) forby

9) (handel) sperre

• she froze her bank account

hun sperret bankkontoen sin

10) (handel, om priser, lønninger e.l.) fryse, låse

11) (film eller TV) fryse (bildet)

be frozen in fryse inne

be frozen up fryse fast

• the lake is frozen up

innsjøen er frosset til is\/isen har lagt seg

freeze! (spesielt amer.) stå stille! , stopp!

freeze one's blood se ➢ blood, 1

freeze on to (spesielt amer., hverdagslig, også overført) klamre seg til

freeze out (hverdagslig) fryse ut, gi noen en kald skulder

freeze prices se ➢ price, 1

freeze somebody with a look se ➢ look, 1

freeze to death se ➢ death

freeze up fryse fast, fryse til (om skuespillere på scenen e.l.) bli som lammet, glemme replikkene

freeze wages se ➢ wage, 1

it is freezing (upersonlig) det fryser på