hyytää — meaning in English

English meaning

• freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.

Senses

hyytää is used for these senses in English:

• freeze (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
• freeze (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.

freeze — full definition

1. verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
2. verb To suddenly become motionless, often from fear or surprise.
3. verb Of a machine, program, or system, to stop responding.
4. verb To stop something, such as prices, wages, or assets, from changing or moving.
5. noun A period of very cold weather, or an official halt on something changing.

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