{
    "term": "freeze",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "freeze",
            "heSheIt": "freezes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "froze",
        "pastParticiple": "frozen",
        "ingForm": "freezing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make something do this",
            "sensetop": "freeze somethingfreeze + adj.freeze something + adj.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Water freezes at 0°C."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's so cold that even the river has frozen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cold weather had frozen the ground.",
                    "contextForm": "freeze something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The clothes **froze solid** on the washing line.",
                    "contextForm": "freeze + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The frost had frozen the ground hard.",
                    "contextForm": "freeze something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Last year's cold spell froze the lake solid."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["solid", "over", "up"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["freeze to death"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if a pipe, lock or machine freezes, or something freezes it, it becomes blocked with frozen liquid and therefore cannot be used",
            "sensetop": "freeze upfreeze something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I kept the car running to stop the engine freezing up.",
                    "contextForm": "freeze up"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ten degrees of frost had frozen the lock on the car.",
                    "contextForm": "freeze something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["solid", "over", "up"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["freeze to death"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° Celsius",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It may freeze tonight, so bring those plants inside."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to be very cold; to be so cold that you die",
            "sensetop": "freeze somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Every time she opens the window we all freeze."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two men **froze to death** on the mountain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two men were frozen to death on the mountain.",
                    "contextForm": "freeze somebody"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["solid", "over", "up"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["freeze to death"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to keep something, especially food, at a very low temperature in order to preserve it",
            "sensetop": "freeze something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can you freeze this cake?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organ samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["well"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to be able to be kept at a very low temperature",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some fruits freeze better than others."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["well"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc.",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I froze with terror as the door slowly opened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The smile froze on her lips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police officer shouted ‘Freeze!’ and the man dropped the gun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was so surprised he froze to the spot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She froze with horror when she saw the body."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["suddenly", "for a moment", "for a second"],
                "verb + freeze": ["seem to"],
                "preposition": ["in", "with", "into"],
                "phrases": ["freeze to the spot", "freeze on the spot"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "when a computer screen freezes, you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it, because there is a problem with the system",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to stop a film or video in order to look at a particular picture",
            "sensetop": "freeze something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Freeze the action there!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time",
            "sensetop": "freeze something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Salaries have been frozen for the current year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "peg",
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively"],
                "preposition": ["at"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which bans it",
            "sensetop": "freeze something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company's assets have been frozen."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make you extremely frightened or shocked",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Jess froze in her tracks and took a deep breath."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The question stopped Alice in her tracks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/friːz/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/freeze__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪz/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/freezes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/frəʊz/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/froze__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrəʊzn/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/frozen__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/freezing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/friːz/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/freeze__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪz/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/freezes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/frəʊz/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/froze__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrəʊzn/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/frozen__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fr/freeze/freezing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost."
}