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[fri:z] 1. past tense - froze; verb1) (to make into or become ice: It's so cold that the river has frozen over.) sasalt; aizsalt; pārvērsties ledū2) ((of weather) to be at or below freezing-point: If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.) salt3) (to make or be very cold: If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).) nosalt4) (to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it: You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.) sasaldēt5) (to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc): She froze when she heard the strange noise.) sastingt6) (to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level: If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.) iesaldēt2. noun(a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point: How long do you think the freeze will last?) sals- freezer- freezing
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- freeze up* * *sals; iesaldēšana; pārvērsties ledū, sasaldēt; salt; sasalt; nosaldēt; sastingt; iesaldēt; galīgi pieņemt, standartizēt
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