(v. i.) To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.
(v. i.) To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins.
(v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
(v. t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
(n.) The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
Example Sentences:
(1) In attacking the motion to freeze the licence fee during today's Parliamentary debate the culture secretary, Andy Burnham, criticised the Tory leader.
(2) Collagen production of rapidly thawed ligaments was studied by proline incubation at 1 day, 9 days, or 6 weeks after freezing and was compared with that of contralateral fresh controls.
(3) A simple method for ultrarapid freezing of cell cultures in monolayers was developed.
(4) We’re learning to store peak power in all kinds of ways: a California auction for new power supply was won by a company that uses extra solar energy to freeze ice, which then melts during the day to supply power.
(5) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
(6) The freeze-etch technique was used to study the morphology of Treponema refringens (Nichols).
(7) Reconstituted freeze dried allogeneic skin grafts contained virtually no blood, a phenomenon possibly analogous to the 'no reflow' phenomenon of microsurgery.
(8) The freezing procedure increased sperm motility in approximately 30% of samples from both animals.
(9) It is suggested that the intercalated disc functioned as a barrier to the freezing process.
(10) Healthbars such as Nakd fit this category and promise to deliver one of your five a day, based on the quantity of freeze-dried date paste used.
(11) Freeze-dried mannitol preparations were shown to be of a crystalline nature.
(12) Freezing may be valuable while quality control procedures are performed following radiolabeling as well as if temporary storage or shipment of radioantibodies prior to patient dosing is undertaken.
(13) The sea ice usually then begins to freeze again over the winter.
(14) We conclude that differences in incorporation between syngeneic and allogeneic bone grafts are reduced by pretreatment with deep-freezing or demineralisation.
(15) Previous studies are reviewed in the light of new information on retrograde axonal transport, circumventricular organs, the proper use of horseradish peroxidase, freeze-fracturing, immunocytochemistry and plasma protein gene expression in the developing human brain.
(16) Freezing enrichment cultures prior to testing for toxicity eliminated many nonbotulinal toxic substances that killed mice.
(17) The process of interaction between macrophages and promastigote and amastigote forms of Leishmania mexicana amazonensis was analyzed using freeze fracture and cytochemistry.
(18) The results of the rapid-freeze and deep-etch procedure showed that the ridges observed by the surface replica method consisted of linear arrangements of elliptical particles on the ES face of the plasma membrane.
(19) Cryotherapy with high-flow nitrous oxide was applied to the lid margin for 45 seconds in a freeze-thaw-freeze cycle.
(20) Three freeze-thaw cycles released a large proportion (50% to 60%) of the TCA-precipitable radioactivity from the worms.
Freezer
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, cools or freezes, as a refrigerator, or the tub and can used in the process of freezing ice cream.
Example Sentences:
(1) The advantages of long-term preservation of suspensions of mycobacteria by storage at -70 degrees C established in earlier studies are reinforced by present evidence that freezer storage does not alter key taxonomic features used to identify mycobacteria.
(2) Annual savings in tonnes of CO 2 Install 2 kilowatt solar PV panels 0.4 Buy a new A++ refrigerator if yours is more than 4 years old, and only use a small-screen TV 0.1 Use LED or fluorescent lights where you currently have halogen lights installed 0.1 Buy an automated system to turn off appliances when not in use; get a meter that shows actual energy use and use it to monitor your household 0.1 Only use your washing machine and dishwasher when full to capacity and at lowest temperature 0.1 Never use the tumble dryer 0.1 Get rid of the freezer if you can, and replace your small appliances with "eco" varieties 0.1 Car (1.5 tonnes of CO 2 ) There is one car for every two people in the UK, and each one travels an average of about 9,000 miles a year.
(3) The performance of a commercial double-propane-jet freezer (Balzers QFD 101) has been assessed, for rapid freezing of fresh tissues in freeze-etch work.
(4) Operated by the North Atlantic Fishing Company (NAFC), based in Caterham, Surrey, it is one of 34 giant freezer vessels that regularly work the west African coast as part of the Pelagic Freezer Association (PFA) , which represents nine European trawler owners.
(5) Specimens collected and transported on Dry Ice had higher ODC activity than specimens initially frozen in a -20 degrees C freezer.
(6) Linguine with edamame pesto Edamame (soya beans) are available in the freezer sections of supermarkets, but if you can't find any, you can also use frozen peas or broad beans.
(7) A survey by Renaissance Capital found that nearly half of the country's middle class (defined as an average monthly income of $500-$600) were planning to buy fridges, freezers and other white goods, "suggesting a consumer boom is under way".
(8) The freezer-dried samples were rehydrated by flooding with five times their original volume of isotonic sodium citrate.
(9) Fridges and freezers moved out of the flooded shop were now floating around, he added.
(10) Spread smooth and return to the freezer for another 1½ hours.
(11) These were harvested aseptically and stored in a household freezer for 3 days to one year before use.
(12) Asked about the removal of the bodies from the freezer, he said he was unaware of any burial in progress.
(13) The product is stored in a freezer in the hospital pharmacy and thawed prior to its use.
(14) In relation to other normal histological freezer microtome, the cytological method of fine needle biopsy has the advantage of being completely without complication.
(15) Folacin levels in T and PT milk were similar but were lower in both after three months of freezer storage compared to one week of storage.
(16) Paul Hollywood rushed to the defence of the show, claiming the fuss would upset fellow judge Mary Berry: Paul Hollywood (@PaulHollywood) At the end of the day Mary & I need something to judge, it's not about melted ice cream but about what's presented to US... #bingate August 27, 2014 Paul Hollywood (@PaulHollywood) I'm glad Mary's not on twitter this would upset her.. #enoughnow August 27, 2014 Presenter Sue Perkins also tried to calm the controversy: Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) Iain's Alaska was out of the freezer for 40 secs.
(17) It could be a served bar situation, like a gelato bar, or a bulk option in the freezer where consumers can fill their own containers,” adds Freedman.
(18) The samples were stored at room temperature, in the refrigerator at 4C and in the freezer at -20C for 6 months.
(19) Birds Eye says its products are in the freezers of 95% of homes in the UK, with Britons eating more frozen food per head than consumers in any other European country.
(20) I work in the freezer department so the cold doesn't affect me so much," he says, and laughs, but his son complains about their refusal to put the radiator on in his room; they bought him a fleece to wear in bed.