Antonyms for freeze up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : freez

Phonetic Transcription : friz

Definition of freeze up

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].

As in panic : verb become, make afraid or distressed

Example sentences :

Besides, you'd freeze up there, if the smell of moth-balls didn't choke you first.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The crowd opened, and his life seemed to freeze up with horror.
Extract from : « Kophetua the Thirteenth » by Julian Corbett

On the 24th, the night shift allowed the pipes to freeze up.
Extract from : « Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2 » by Various

Consequently his milk of human kindness is very apt to freeze up.
Extract from : « Letters of Peregrine Pickle » by George P. Upton

All the blood in my veins seemed to freeze up as she was left alone in the arena.
Extract from : « Beric the Briton » by G. A. Henty

Then, and it's the only way I can describe it, you both seemed to freeze up for an instant.
Extract from : « Castle of Terror » by E.J. Liston

Andy longed for the freeze—up that would make his muskrats safe.
Extract from : « Swamp Cat » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

It's early for it, too, and the river will freeze up again bad.
Extract from : « The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp » by Laura Lee Hope

As soon as the sea begins to freeze up, the natives gather on Iglulik, where they hunt the walrus throughout the winter.
Extract from : « The Central Eskimo » by Franz Boas

They were the bitterest words I ever flung at her, and they seemed to freeze up her whole heart.
Extract from : « The Children's Pilgrimage » by L. T. Meade

Synonyms for freeze up

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