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  {
    "word": "freeze",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8f\u0279i\u02d0z/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8f\u0279i\u02d0z/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/freeze-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50309158",
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        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The lake froze solid."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Don't freeze meat twice."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be affected by extreme cold.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Since the last update, the program freezes / freezes up after a few minutes of use."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze up as soon as I got on stage."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause someone to become motionless.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The court froze the criminal's bank account."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "solidify",
          "halt",
          "immobilize",
          "freeze up",
          "grind to a halt",
          "hang",
          "lock up",
          "seize",
          "seize up"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "defrost",
          "liquify",
          "unfreeze"
        ]
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
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  },
  {
    "word": "freeze",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8f\u0279i\u02d0z/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8f\u0279i\u02d0z/",
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        }
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    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A period of intensely cold weather.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A halt of a regular operation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a hiring freeze; a pay freeze"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "hang"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
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  },
  {
    "word": "freeze",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8f\u0279i\u02d0z/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8f\u0279i\u02d0z/",
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      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A banner with a series of pictures.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
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    },
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  }
]