antifreeze | (noun) a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point | - |
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breeze | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover |
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(noun) a slight wind (usually refreshing) | Synonyms: air, gentle wind, zephyr |
(verb) to proceed quickly and easily | - |
(verb) blow gently and lightly | - |
freeze | (noun) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement | Synonyms: halt |
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(noun) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level | - |
(noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing | Synonyms: frost |
(noun) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | Synonyms: freezing |
(verb) be cold | - |
(verb) anesthetize by cold | - |
(verb) suddenly behave coldly and formally | - |
(verb) change to ice | - |
(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | Synonyms: suspend |
(verb) cause to freeze | - |
(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, immobilise, immobilize |
(verb) change from a liquid to a solid when cold | Synonyms: freeze down, freeze out |
(verb) stop moving or become immobilized | Synonyms: stop dead |
(verb) be very cold, below the freezing point | - |
frieze | (noun) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap | - |
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(noun) an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice | - |
hydroisopieze | (noun) a line on a map connecting points of identical pressures in the water bearing stratum. | - |
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isopieze | (noun) a line on a map connecting places with equal ground water pressure. | Synonyms: isopiestic line |
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sneeze | (noun) a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose | Synonyms: sneezing, sternutation |
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(verb) exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose | - |
squeeze | (noun) the act of gripping and pressing firmly | Synonyms: squeezing |
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(noun) an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power | Synonyms: power play, squeeze play |
(noun) a tight or amorous embrace | Synonyms: clinch, hug |
(noun) the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space | - |
(noun) a twisting squeeze | Synonyms: wring |
(noun) (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend | - |
(noun) a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer | - |
(noun) a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high | Synonyms: credit crunch, liquidity crisis |
(verb) press firmly | - |
(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press |
(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: nip, pinch, tweet, twinge, twitch |
(verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: force, wedge |
(verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, embrace, hug |
(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | Synonyms: crush, mash, squash, squelch |
(verb) press or force | Synonyms: shove, stuff, thrust |
(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, gouge, rack, wring |
(verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, pressure |
trapeze | (noun) a swing used by circus acrobats | - |
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tweeze | (verb) pluck with tweezers | - |
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unfreeze | (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unthaw |
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(verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: free, release, unblock |
wheeze | (noun) breathing with a husky or whistling sound | - |
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(noun) (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick | - |
(verb) breathe with difficulty | - |