freeze

• act of freezing; state of being frozen; extreme cold (meteorology); frost, great cold; act of ceasing the manufacture of; act of fixing (prices, wages, etc.) at a certain level
chill until solid; be chilled until solid; stiffen, make rigid; cease the manufacture of; fix at a certain level (prices, wages, etc.); anesthetize locally (american usage)
when a liquid freezes, it becomes solid because it is so cold.
if you freeze food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point.
when it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point. verb here but can also be used as a singular noun. e.g. the current freeze has burst pipes in some la and san francisco suburbs.
if you freeze, you become very cold; an informal use.
you can also say that someone freezes when they suddenly stop moving and become completely still and quiet.
to freeze something such as wages or prices means to state officially that they will not be allowed to increase during a particular period of time. verb here but can also be used as a count noun. e.g. ...a freeze in the nuclear arms race.
if you freeze something such as a bank account, you obtain a legal order which prevents anyone, including the holder, from using it.
see also deep freeze, freezing, frozen.
if something freezes over it becomes completely covered with a layer of ice.
if something freezes up, it becomes completely covered or blocked with ice.