засты́ть — 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.
• set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
• solidify verb To become solid, or to make something firm and solid.

Senses

засты́ть 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 (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
• set (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• set up (intransitive) To gel or harden.
• solidify (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.

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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