- freeze off
- to killThe common imagery of chill:Frisky Lavon got froze off tonight. (Chandler, 1953)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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freeze off — verb reject with contempt She spurned his advances • Syn: ↑reject, ↑spurn, ↑scorn, ↑pooh pooh, ↑disdain, ↑turn down • Derivationally related forms: ↑turndow … Useful english dictionary
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freeze — [[t]fri͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦♦ freezes, freezing, froze, frozen 1) V ERG If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes...… … English dictionary
freeze — [c]/friz / (say freez) verb (froze, frozen, freezing) –verb (i) 1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; to change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. 2. to become hard or rigid because of loss of heat, as objects… …
freeze — freezable, adj. freezability, n. /freez/, v., froze, frozen, freezing, n. v.i. 1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. 2. to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat … Universalium
freeze — 1. noun /ˈfriːz/ a) A period of intensely cold weather. In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily. b) A precise draw… … Wiktionary
Freeze one's tits off — be sujected to extreme cold: You have to stand outside and freeze your tits off just to have a ciggie these days … Dictionary of Australian slang
freeze one's tits off — Australian Slang be sujected to extreme cold: You have to stand outside and freeze your tits off just to have a ciggie these days … English dialects glossary
freeze etching — If a freeze fractured specimen is left for any length of time before shadowing, then water will sublime off from the specimen etching (lowering) those surfaces that are not protected by a lipid bilayer. Some etching will take place following any… … Dictionary of molecular biology
