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refreeze en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹiːˈfɹiːz/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English freeze English refreeze From re- + freeze.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To freeze again.
    • Successive falls of snow had thawed, or partially thawed, seeped into the ballast and, as temperatures dropped again, refrozen. 1964 April, Warren Smith, “The Midland's accelerated timetable—the first year—II”, in Modern Railways, page 243:
    • It's not a good idea to refreeze raw meat once it has been thawed.
    • We've had another cold snap and the lake has refrozen.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
refreezing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
refrozen Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
refroze Tense=Past lexicographic
refreezes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic