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• freeze — v 1. ice, frost, chill, refrigerate, flash freeze, deep freeze; congeal, harden, stiffen, petrify; immobilize, anaesthetize, benumb. 2. shiver, quake, shake, tremble; get goose flesh or pimples, turn blue, get chilblains, go numb, get chilled to… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• congeal — late 14c., from O.Fr. congeler (14c.) to freeze, thicken, from L. congelare to cause to freeze, to freeze together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + gelare to freeze, from gelu frost, ice (see COLD (Cf. cold)). Related …   Etymology dictionary

• Congeal — Con*geal , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Congealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Congealing}.] [F. congeler, L. congelare, gelatumn; con + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See {Gelid}.] 1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze. Syn: jell, set.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• freeze — (frēz) v. froze (frōz), fro·zen (frō’zən), freez·ing, freez·es v. intr. 1. a) To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. b) To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold: »The lak …   Word Histories

• Freeze — Freeze, v. t. 1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Congeal — Con*geal , v. i. To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled. Syn: jell, set. [1913 Webster] Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to what it was …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• freeze — [v1] make cold enough to become solid benumb, bite, chill, chill to the bone*, congeal, frost, glaciate, harden, ice over, ice up, nip, pierce, refrigerate, solidify, stiffen; concepts 255,521 Ant. boil, heat freeze [v2] stop dampen, depress,… …   New thesaurus

• congeal — vb *coagulate, set, curdle, clot, jelly, jell Analogous words: solidify, *harden: *compact, concentrate, consolidate: cool, chill, freeze (see corresponding adjectives at COLD) Contrasted words: melt, *liquefy, deliquesce …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• congeal — [v] coagulate cake, clabber, clot, concrete, condense, curdle, dry, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinate, gelatinize, glob up*, harden, indurate, jell, jellify, jelly, refrigerate, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken; concepts 250,469 Ant. dissolve,… …   New thesaurus

• congeal — ► VERB ▪ become semi solid, especially on cooling. DERIVATIVES congelation noun. ORIGIN Latin congelare, from gelare freeze …   English terms dictionary

• congeal — [kən jēl′] vt., vi. [ME congelen < OFr congeler < L congelare < com , together + gelare, to freeze: see GELATIN] 1. to solidify or thicken by cooling or freezing 2. to thicken; coagulate; jell congealable adj. congealment n …   English World dictionary