as in hardened
to become physically firm or solid
add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine
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Recent Examples of froze
The lakes froze thick enough to skate across, the air stung sharp in the lungs, and the game every boy seemed to dream about was hockey.
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Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
In July, the department also froze and later unfroze $6 billion in education funding meant to go to school programs for vulnerable students.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Up two with just under 25 seconds left, Burton froze Bueckers with an in-and-out dribble and drew contact from the rookie star at the rim.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Naylor said a lot of equipment which froze during that storm has now been winterized, and there is much more battery storage available on the Texas system.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Dreyer’s high midfield pass freed the Mexican international, who beat defender Nkosi Tafari, another emergency defender, took two touches to his right and fired a 16-yard shot that froze goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
This is because stopping the grains for X-ray scans froze the motion, destroying the natural flow.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
My hand froze in the air, holding up a piece of citrus.
—Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Shortly after Air France Flight 447 left Rio De Janeiro for Paris, the plane’s airspeed sensors froze over—a relatively routine, transitory instrument loss due to high-altitude icing.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
In July, the department also froze and later unfroze $6 billion in education funding meant to go to school programs for vulnerable students.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Up two with just under 25 seconds left, Burton froze Bueckers with an in-and-out dribble and drew contact from the rookie star at the rim.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Naylor said a lot of equipment which froze during that storm has now been winterized, and there is much more battery storage available on the Texas system.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Dreyer’s high midfield pass freed the Mexican international, who beat defender Nkosi Tafari, another emergency defender, took two touches to his right and fired a 16-yard shot that froze goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
This is because stopping the grains for X-ray scans froze the motion, destroying the natural flow.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
My hand froze in the air, holding up a piece of citrus.
—Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Shortly after Air France Flight 447 left Rio De Janeiro for Paris, the plane’s airspeed sensors froze over—a relatively routine, transitory instrument loss due to high-altitude icing.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for froze
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Alternatively, Venus’ initial, planetwide magma sea might have cooled and hardened into a crust quickly enough for liquid water — maybe even an ocean’s worth of water — to flow across it.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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And those things hardened their proverbial steak, too.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Despite herself, Cali stiffened.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Lane picked up three on first down, but the Otay Ranch defense stiffened, turning back the next two runs for no gain.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Froze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/froze. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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