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  1. 1. n. A frieze. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. weather cold enough to cause freezing Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. stop moving or become immobilized Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. change to ice Source: wordnet

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