Synonyms for froze

Grammar : Verb

Spell : frohz

Phonetic Transcription : froʊz

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Définition of froze

Origin : Old English freosan "turn to ice" (class II strong verb; past tense freas, past participle froren), from Proto-Germanic *freusanan (cf. Old Norse frjosa, Old High German friosan, German frieren "to freeze," Gothic frius "frost"), from Proto-Germanic *freus-, equivalent to PIE root *preus- "to freeze," also "to burn" (cf. Sanskrit prusva, Latin pruina "hoarfrost," Welsh rhew "frost," Sanskrit prustah "burnt," Albanian prus "burning coals," Latin pruna "a live coal").
Transitive sense first recorded 14c., figurative sense c.1400. Meaning "become rigid or motionless" attested by 1720. Sense of "fix at a certain level, make non-transactable" is 1922. Freeze frame is from 1960, originally "a briefly Frozen Shot after the Jingle to allow ample time for Change over at the end of a T.V. 'Commercial.' " ["ABC of Film & TV," 1960].

verb make cold enough to become solid
verb stop

Example sentences :

If the ice that froze up the spring of his love would but begin to melt!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

I guess that hoss thinks he's goin' to be froze to the ground.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

As soon as the Prairie-dog sat up with some food in his hand she froze into a statue.
Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

Johnsons hands had hardy touched it before it froze immediately.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

One winter, the ground was covered with snow, and it froze horribly.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

He burst into a passion of weeping; as the tears fell they froze upon his face.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

I know there's somethin' and I've froze to death by sections waitin' to hear it.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Don't you suppose I know I look as stiff and awkward as if I'd froze?
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

They've got too much of that stock to let themselves be froze out.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The smile with which he had been ready to greet Galeotto froze slightly at sight of me.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

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