Significato di freeze in italiano

• 0 If something freezes, it becomes hard and solid because it is very cold. -- gelare, congelare

  • The pond froze overnight. Durante la notte il laghetto è congelato.

• 1 to make food last a long time by making it very cold and hard -- surgelare, congelare

  • Freeze any bread that you have left over. Metti nel congelatore il pane avanzato.

• 2 to feel very cold -- gelare, sentirsi gelare

  • You’ll freeze if you don’t wear a coat. Ti congelerai se non ti metti il cappotto.

• 3 to suddenly stop moving, especially because you are frightened -- sentirsi gelare

  • She saw someone outside the window and froze. Ha visto qualcuno fuori della finestra ed è rimasta di pietra.

• 4 to make into or become ice -- gelare

  • It’s so cold that the river has frozen over.

• 5 (of weather) to be at or below freezing-point -- gelare

  • If it freezes again tonight, all my plants will die.

• 6 to make or be very cold -- congelare, gelare, (morire dal freddo)

  • If you had stayed out all night in the snow, you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).

• 7 to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it -- congelare

  • You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.

• 8 to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc) -- gelare, agghiacciare

  • She froze when she heard the strange noise.

• 9 to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level -- congelare

  • If the economic situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.

• 10 a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point -- gelo

  • How long do you think the freeze will last?