as in hardened
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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Recent Examples of froze
In their experiments, the researchers froze water with different amounts of ordinary salt (NaCl).
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
At some points, the video froze, creating a delay in the conversation.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
During the incident, Waldman froze upon his character’s entrance in Act 1, roughly 20 minutes into the show.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Coverage frequently invoked the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow, in which a similar (but fictional) process froze much of the Northern Hemisphere.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Using an ice chamber, the team froze mixtures of water, carbon dioxide, methane and ammonia to a bone-chilling –420 degrees Fahrenheit (-253 degrees Celsius), mimicking frigid conditions near the moon's surface.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Learning the game’s secret language Simply writing text to memory froze the game.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The lakes froze thick enough to skate across, the air stung sharp in the lungs, and the game every boy seemed to dream about was hockey.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
In July, the department also froze and later unfroze $6 billion in education funding meant to go to school programs for vulnerable students.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
At some points, the video froze, creating a delay in the conversation.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
During the incident, Waldman froze upon his character’s entrance in Act 1, roughly 20 minutes into the show.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Coverage frequently invoked the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow, in which a similar (but fictional) process froze much of the Northern Hemisphere.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Using an ice chamber, the team froze mixtures of water, carbon dioxide, methane and ammonia to a bone-chilling –420 degrees Fahrenheit (-253 degrees Celsius), mimicking frigid conditions near the moon's surface.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Learning the game’s secret language Simply writing text to memory froze the game.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The lakes froze thick enough to skate across, the air stung sharp in the lungs, and the game every boy seemed to dream about was hockey.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
In July, the department also froze and later unfroze $6 billion in education funding meant to go to school programs for vulnerable students.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for froze
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Alternatively, Venus’ initial, planetwide magma sea might have cooled and hardened into a crust quickly enough for liquid water — maybe even an ocean’s worth of water — to flow across it.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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And those things hardened their proverbial steak, too.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Despite herself, Cali stiffened.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Lane picked up three on first down, but the Otay Ranch defense stiffened, turning back the next two runs for no gain.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Froze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/froze. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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