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unfreeze en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + freeze.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To defrost something.
  2. (intransitive) To thaw.
  3. (intransitive) To resume movement.
    • He lowered the gun, and we unfroze.
  4. (transitive) To release from a previously locked or frozen state.
  5. (transitive) To release previously suspended financial assets.
    • The indictment said that after Mr. Bankman-Fried received confirmation that the accounts were unfrozen, the rest of the bribe money was paid. 2023 March 28, Matthew Goldstein, “Sam Bankman-Fried Is Charged With Foreign Bribery”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unfreezes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unfroze Tense=Past lexicographic
unfreezing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unfrozen Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

freeze

Synonyms

defrost

Translations (2)

bg размразявам (release from a previously locked or frozen state) · mi wetetio (release from a previously locked or frozen state)