as in to harden
to become physically firm or solid
add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine
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as in cold
a weather condition marked by low temperatures
the Midwest will experience an intense freeze later in the week
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Recent Examples of freeze
Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Even a brilliant engineer might freeze at the thought of writing a 1,000-word article.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
Many of the freeze warnings were set to expire Wednesday morning as temperatures rise.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
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Verb
To prolong the life of your leftovers, consider freezing them.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Even a brilliant engineer might freeze at the thought of writing a 1,000-word article.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
Climate Central estimates the first freeze is arriving later in 85% of U.S. cities, about 11 days later than in the 1970s on average.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
Many of the freeze warnings were set to expire Wednesday morning as temperatures rise.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
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The unequal recovery since the Great Recession and frustration that costly college degrees haven’t always yielded meaningful returns have only hardened those attitudes.Maria Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic.Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Whooping cough can be a pernicious disease that starts out like a cold, but then takes a severe turn with coughing that persists for weeks or months, according to the CDC.Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Humans In The Factory If the 1913 Ford factory concept seems a little cold, that's likely because many assume that workers in a factory are interchangeable.Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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In Electric mode, at the halfway point of throttle pedal travel the action stiffens.Mark Ewing, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The same law that stiffened ID on in-person voting stiffened ID requirements for getting absentee ballots, and eliminated in-person early voting the Monday before an election.Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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“Freeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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