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Frozen Freeze Cold Past Dondurmak Verb Transitive Donmak

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Front freeze 
IPA  /friːz   / verb (past tense froze /frəʊz   /; past participle frozen /ˈfrəʊzn   /)
Back donmak; dondurmak
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freeze (verb)

 /friːz   / verb (past tense froze /frəʊz   /; past participle frozen /ˈfrəʊzn   /)
 
BECOME ICE
1 [intransitive, transitive]
to become hard (and often change into ice) because of extreme cold; to make sth do this
donmak; dondurmak
 Water freezes at 0° Celsius.
 The ground was frozen solid for most of the winter.
 frozen peas/fish/food
 Strawberries taste strange if you freeze them, but raspberries freeze well.
WEATHER
2 [intransitive]
used with it to describe extremely cold weather when water turns into ice
 (hava) sıfırın altına düşmek
 I think it's going to freeze tonight.
BE VERY COLD
3 [intransitive, transitive]
to be very cold or to die from cold
donmak;
donarak ölmek;
dondurmak;
donarak öldürmek
 It was so cold on the mountain that we thought we would freeze to death.
 Turn the heater up a bit – I'm frozen stiff (donuyorum).
STOP MOVING
4 [intransitive]
to stop moving suddenly and completely because you are frightened or in danger
donakalmak
 The terrible scream made her freeze with terror.
 Suddenly the man pulled out a gun and shouted ‘Freeze!’
 5 when a computer screen freezes you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it, because there is a problem with the system
 (bilgisayar) donmak
PRICES
6 [transitive]
to keep the money you earn, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a certain period of time.
 (fiyat vb.) dondurmak
 Spending on defence has been frozen for one year.
 

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