freeze up en · VERB
Meanings
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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.
1962 March, “Lessons of the Freeze-up”, in Modern Railways, page 146:
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(ambitransitive) (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.
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(ambitransitive) (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.
- (intransitive) To become cold and formal in demeanour.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| froze up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| frozen up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| freezing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| freezes up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (16)
pt congelar ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · ru зави́снуть ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · ru ви́снуть ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · pt travar ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · fi jäätyä (adversely affected by ice) · fi jähmettyä ((of people and other animals) stop or be stopped) · cmn 僵住 ((of people and other animals) stop or be stopped) · cmn 當機 /当机 ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · cmn 凍結 /冻结 (adversely affected by ice) · fr se figer ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · fi viiletä (become cold and formal in demeanour) · de einfrieren ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · es frisar ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · cmn 冷漠 (become cold and formal in demeanour) · fi hyytyä ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt) · de sich aufhängen ((of machines and software) come to a sudden halt)