congelare — meaning in English

English meaning

• congeal verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
• freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
• ice noun Water that has frozen solid.

Senses

congelare is used for these senses in English:

• congeal (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
• freeze (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

congeal — full definition

1. verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
2. verb To thicken into a soft, jelly-like lump.
3. verb To make something stiff and unable to move.
4. verb To go hard and set firm.

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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