froze

(verb) stop moving or become immobilized. Synonyms: freeze, stop dead. Example: "When he saw the police car he froze."

(verb) change to ice. Synonyms: freeze. Example: "The water in the bowl froze."

(verb) be cold. Synonyms: freeze. Example: "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on."

(verb) cause to freeze. Synonyms: freeze. Example: "Freeze the leftover food."

(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. Synonyms: freeze, suspend. Example: "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country."

(verb) be very cold, below the freezing point. Synonyms: freeze. Example: "It is freezing in kalamazoo."

(verb) change from a liquid to a solid when cold. Synonyms: freeze, freeze out, freeze down. Example: "Water freezes at 32 degrees fahrenheit."

(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). Synonyms: freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise. Examples: "Blocked funds." "Freeze the assets of this hostile government."

(verb) anesthetize by cold. Synonyms: freeze.

(verb) suddenly behave coldly and formally. Synonyms: freeze. Example: "She froze when she saw her ex-husband."