Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freeze up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: freeze up
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be adversely affected by ice, and not function.

verb

(of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).

verb

(of people and other animals) To stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.

verb

To become cold and formal in demeanour.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"But these precautions lost some of their merit when the L.T. trains themselves became frozen up at depots overnight."
"Since the last update, the program freezes up after a few minutes of use."
"Despite all of the rehearsals, as soon as I got on stage I froze up."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

freezes up (present, singular) freezing up (participle, present) froze up (past) frozen up (participle, past)

Phrases

freeze-up

Questions

What does freeze up mean?: To be adversely affected by ice, and not function.

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