Freeze /(frēz)/

1. A frieze. (Arch.) [Obs.]

imp. Froze; p. p. Frozen; p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing

1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.
2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins.

1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

   A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life.

   A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection.

   It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again.

1. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.]