"freeze up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: freezes up [present, singular, third-person], freezing up [participle, present], froze up [past], frozen up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|freeze<,,froze,frozen> up}} freeze up (third-person singular simple present freezes up, present participle freezing up, simple past froze up, past participle frozen up)
  1. To be adversely affected by ice, and not function.
    Sense id: en-freeze_up-en-verb-zXSqApSg
  2. (transitive, intransitive) (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning). Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: freeze-up [noun]
    Sense id: en-freeze_up-en-verb-TmiXHSv- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 39 16 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 22 35 19 24
  3. (transitive, intransitive) (of people and other animals) To stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-freeze_up-en-verb-VDfR6BLU
  4. (intransitive) To become cold and formal in demeanour. Tags: intransitive Translations (computing): hyytyä (Finnish), se figer (French), einfrieren (German), travar (Portuguese), congelar (Portuguese), ви́снуть (vísnutʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зави́снуть (zavísnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-freeze_up-en-verb-F4z8AxAO Disambiguation of 'computing': 14 28 13 45

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for freeze up meaning in English (3.6kB)

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