freeze

Change from a liquid to a solid when cold.

“Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit”

Cause to freeze.

Change to ice.

Suddenly behave coldly and formally.

Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.

Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets).

Stop moving or become immobilized.

Anesthetize by cold.

Be cold.

“I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on”

Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level.

“a freeze on hiring”

An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement.

“a nuclear freeze”

Weather cold enough to cause freezing.

The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid.

Be very cold, below the freezing point.