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Antonyms for froze

Grammar : Verb
Spell : frohz
Phonetic Transcription : froÊŠz

Definition 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

Synonyms for froze

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