freeze up
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freeze up
verb freezes up · freezing up · froze up · frozen up
- To be adversely affected by ice, and not function. But these precautions lost some of their merit when the L.T. trains themselves became frozen up at depots overnight.
- (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning). Since the last update, the program freezes up after a few minutes of use.
- (of people and other animals) To stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc. Despite all of the rehearsals, as soon as I got on stage I froze up.
- To become cold and formal in demeanour.
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verb adversely affected by ice
| 中文 | 凍結 /冻结 dòngjié |
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verb (of machines and software) come to a sudden halt
| Español | frisar |
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| 中文 | 當機 /当机 dàngjī |
| Português | travar, congelar |
| Français | se figer |
| Deutsch | einfrieren, sich aufhängen |
| Русский | ви́снуть vísnutʹ, зави́снуть zavísnutʹ |
verb (of people and other animals) stop or be stopped
| 中文 | 僵住 jiāngzhù |
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verb become cold and formal in demeanour
| 中文 | 冷漠 lěngmò |
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@misc{freeze_up_2026,
title = {freeze up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/freeze%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
