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
Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
So what types of income are exempt from being frozen by a bank levy?
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2026
To limit further misuse, place a fraud alert or credit freeze with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, and check your credit reports for any unfamiliar activity.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Raw meat was frozen in trash bags and an employee washed dishes without rinsing them.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
So what types of income are exempt from being frozen by a bank levy?
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2026
To limit further misuse, place a fraud alert or credit freeze with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, and check your credit reports for any unfamiliar activity.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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Verb
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Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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As ideological blocs collapsed, political scientist Samuel Huntington’s influential 1996 book Clash of Civilizations articulated a growing anxiety that globalization would harden into cultural antagonism rather than consensus.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The thermal footage of Chesney moving through the woods stopped Johnson cold.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Kenosha Police Department announced March 30 that an arrest has been made in a homicide cold case dating back to the 1970s.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Moving the kink to one end makes that side soft and the opposite end stiff; placing it at the center softens the middle and stiffens both edges.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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The long lull in excitement threatened to sap our energy, and being stuck in a car for four hours after a morning of physical exertion can stiffen the body.—
Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Freeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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