gelare — meaning in English

English meaning

• freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
• frost noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
• ice noun Water that has frozen solid.

Senses

gelare is used for these senses in English:

• freeze (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
• freeze (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
• frost (transitive, informal) To anger or annoy.

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.

frost — full definition

1. noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
2. noun Freezing weather cold enough to produce this layer of ice.
3. verb To cover a cake or other baked good with icing.
4. verb To become covered with a thin layer of ice.

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