to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold
Shared component: freeze · to become solid from cold
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freeze
to become solid from cold
Related forms: freeze · 3 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesto cause something that is frozen to become soft or liquid again; to thaw.
un+freeze
Shared component: freeze · to become solid from cold
a cycle or process in which something freezes and then thaws repeatedly.
freeze+thaw
Shared component: freeze · to become solid from cold