freeze
freeze
englantipakkanen
jäädytys (hintojen, palkkojen, tms.)
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Synonyymisanakirja
freeze
tauko, pysähdys, pysähtyminen, toimia, käyttäytyä, tehdä, menetellä, käyttäytyä jäätävästi, kääntyä, muuttua, jäätyä, jähmettyä.
Englannin sanakirja
freeze (englanti > suomi)
freeze englanniksi
puhekieltä Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
1855, w:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, s:The Song of Hiawatha/Book XX|The Song of Hiawatha, Book XX: The Famine,
1913, w:Willa Cather|Willa Cather, s:O Pioneers!/Winter Memories, I|O Pioneers!, Winter Memories, I,
1915, w:Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson|Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, s:The How and Why Library/Wonders/Section II|The How and Why Library: Wonders, Section II: Water,
puhekieltä To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
Dont freeze meat twice.''
1888, w:Elias Lönnrot|Elias Lönnrot, w:John Martin Crawford (scholar)|John Martin Crawford (translator, from German), s:The Kalevala/Rune XXX|The Kalevala, Rune XXX: The Frost-fiend,
puhekieltä To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
It didnt freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.''
puhekieltä To be affected by extreme cold.
Its freezing in here!''
Dont go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!''
puhekieltä (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
Since the last update, the program freezes / freezes up after a few minutes of use.
puhekieltä (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze up as soon as I got on stage.
1916, w:Edgar Rice Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs, s:Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar/Chapter III|Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Chapter III,
1935, w:Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard, s:Jewels of Gwahlur/Chapter IV|Jewels of Gwahlur, Chapter IV,
puhekieltä 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.
1898, w:Robert Burns|Robert Burns, John George Dow (editor), Selections from the poems of Robert Burns, page lviii,
1968, Ronald Victor Sampson, The Psychology of Power, page 134,
1988, Edward Holland Spicer, Kathleen M. Sands, Rosamond B. Spicer, People of Pascua, page 37,
To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
Shakespeare
puhekieltä To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
The court froze the criminals bank account''
2009, Pietra Rivoli, The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy, 2nd Edition, page 38,
A halt of a regular operation.
1982 October, William Epstein, The freeze: a hot issue at the United Nations, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
1983 October 3, w:Ted Kennedy|Ted Kennedy, speech, s:Truth and Tolerance in America|Truth and Tolerance in America,
1985 April 27, w:Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan, s:Presidential Radio Address - 27 April 1985|Presidential Radio Address,
puhekieltä The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
puhekieltä A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
2006, Bob Weeks, Curling for Dummies, page 143,
(obsolete form of)