jäätyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
• hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
• ice noun Water that has frozen solid.

Senses

jäätyä is used for these senses in English:

• freeze (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
• freeze (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
• freeze up To be adversely affected by ice, and not function.
• hang (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
• ice over (intransitive) To become covered in ice, usually of a body of water.

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.

hang — full definition

1. verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
2. verb To kill someone by suspending them by the neck.
3. verb To spend time somewhere in a relaxed, informal way (often "hang out").
4. noun A general understanding of how to do or use something.

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