froze

[frohz] / froʊz /

VERB

make cold enough to become solid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chill refrigerate

STRONG

benumb bite congeal frost glaciate harden nip pierce solidify stiffen

WEAK

chill to the bone ice over ice up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

heat warm

STRONG

liquefy melt

WEAK

boil continue go

VERB

stop

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fix hold up suspend

STRONG

dampen depress discourage dishearten inhibit peg

Antonyms

STRONGEST

continue

STRONG

encourage hearten inspirit uplift

WEAK

boil go heat

Example Sentences

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It also froze recruitment, and asked departments to identify other measures to save money.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

It was so cold, one of his eyeballs froze, making it unusable.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis froze in traffic in Wuhan, forcing passengers to abandon vehicles and raising safety questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

After a rush on supermarkets in the first days of the war, Kuwaiti authorities froze the prices of certain basic products and subsidised meat imports.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Natalie froze as a second white man in a black uniform and a black mask came up behind the first.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz