Freeze may refer to:

Liquids turning to solids

Freezing Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In accordance with the internationally established definition, freezing means the solidification phase change of a liquid o ...

, the physical process of a liquid turning into a solid *

Directional freezing Directional freezing freezes from only one direction. Directional freezing can freeze water, from only one direction or side of a container, into clear ice. Directional freezing in a domestic freezer can be done by putting water in a insulated ...

, freezing from only one direction or side

Cessation of movement or change

Freeze (b-boy move) A freeze is a b-boying technique that involves halting all body motion, often in an interesting or balance-intensive position. It is implied that the position is hit and held from motion as if freezing in motion, or into ice. Freezes often in ...

, the halting of all movement in a clever position * freeze, an old command-line compressor program *

Freeze (computing) In computing, a hang or freeze occurs when either a process or system ceases to respond to inputs. A typical example is when computer's graphical user interface (such as Microsoft Windows) no longer responds to the user typing on the keyboard or ...

, a condition when computer software becomes unresponsive * Freeze (software engineering), a period of stricter rules for changing the software during its development

Types of freezes

* Brain freeze, a common alternate name for a cold-stimulus headache *

Budget freeze A budget freeze in the USA is when a budget for an aspect of government or business is fixed- or frozen- at a specific level. One can be applied in a business to increase profits as well as in a government, often to reduce taxes. Budget freezes be ...

, when a budget for a government or business is held at a specific level *

Credit freeze A credit freeze (also known as a security freeze) allows an individual to control how a consumer reporting agency (also known as a credit bureau: Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, and Innovis) is able to sell personal financial identity data. The cre ...

, the act of locking data at a consumer reporting agency *

Deep Freeze (disambiguation) Deep Freeze may refer to: Entertainment * ''Deep Freeze'' (film), a 2003 horror film * ''Deep Freeze'' (video game), a 1999 PlayStation video game * "Deep Freeze" (song), a song by Rina Aiuchi * "Deep Freeze", a song from the album '' Urban Hym ...

, various meanings *

Estate freeze An estate freeze is a legal estate-planning technique used in Canada to lock in the current value (and tax liability) of a capital property for one person, while attributing the value of future growth of that capital property to another person. T ...

, a legal estate-planning technique used in Canada * Nuclear freeze, an agreement to cease production of new nuclear arms *

Tuition freeze Tuition freeze is a government policy restricting the ability of administrators of post-secondary educational facilities (i.e. colleges and universities) to increase tuition fees for students. Although governments have various reasons for impleme ...

, a government policy restricting the increase of tuition fees

Related terms

Freeze brand Freeze branding (sometimes called CryoBranding and the resulting brands, trichoglyphs) is a technique involving a cryogenic coolant instead of heat to produce permanent marks on a variety of animals. The coolant is used to lower the temperature of ...

, a branding process that involves the use of liquid nitrogen or dry ice and alcohol *

Freeze-drying Freeze drying, also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation, is a low temperature dehydration process that involves freezing the product and lowering pressure, removing the ice by sublimation. This is in contrast to dehydration by most conve ...

, a method of rapidly removing moisture from food products * Freeze-frame shot, when a single frame of content shows repeatedly on the screen *

Freeze spray Freeze spray (cold spray or vapocoolant) is a type of aerosol spray product containing a liquified gas used for rapidly cooling surfaces, in medical and industrial applications. It is usually sold in hand-held spray cans. It may consist of vario ...

, a type of aerosol spray product * Freeze stat, a temperature sensing device

People

; with Freeze as a surname *

Amy Freeze Amy Elizabeth Freeze (born June 19, 1974) is an American television meteorologist. She is currently the anchor and meteorologist for Fox Weather. She was the weekend meteorologist at WABC-TV in New York City, New York. She has filled in on AB ...

(born 1974), American television meteorologist *

Daddy Freeze Ifedayo Olarinde (born 6 May 1976), popularly known as Daddy Freeze, is a Nigerian -Romanian broadcaster and radio talk show host. Early life Ifedayo Olarinde was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania to a Nigerian father and a Romanian mother. He spen ...

(contemporary), Nigerian radio host and presenter *

Dr. Freeze Elliot Straite, also known by his pseudonym Dr. Freeze, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. His songs are mostly in the new jack swing style. He wrote and produced the hit song "I Wanna Sex You Up" by R&B boy band Color Me ...

(contemporary), American singer, songwriter and record producer *

Frosty Freeze Wayne "Frosty Freeze" Frost (December 4, 1963 – April 3, 2008), also known as The Freeze To Please, was an American old school hip hop b-boy known as a member of the second generation of the hip hop/breakdancing group, Rock Steady Crew. He was ...

(1963–2008), American breakdancer * Hugh Freeze (born 1969), American college football coach * J. Donald Freeze (1932–2006), American theologian and educator * Jake Freeze (1900–1983), American professional baseball pitcher *

John Gosse Freeze John Gosse Freeze (November 4, 1825 – July 8, 1913) was an American lawyer and writer. He was born in Montoursville and attended both private and common schools. After school, he briefly worked as a schoolteacher before turning to law in 1846. ...

(1825–1913), American lawyer and writer *

Lillie T. Freeze Lelia ("Lillie") Tuckett Freeze (March 26, 1855 – March 23, 1937) was a leader in the Primary and Young Women organizations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Lelia Tuckett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territ ...

(1855–1937), American leader within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Samuel Freeze (1778–1844), Canadian farmer and political figure in New Brunswick ;with Freeze as a nickname * Freeze (video game player), Aleš Kněžínek, Czech ''League of Legends'' player * Robert "Freeze" Riggs, Michael Alig's roommate and accomplice in murdering fellow Club Kid Angel Melendez ;fictional characters *

Mr. Freeze Mr. Freeze is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Dave Wood, Sheldon Moldoff and Bob Kane, and first appeared in '' Batman'' #121 in February 1959 as the ice-based criminal Mr. ...

, supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics * The Freeze, a spandex-clad sprinter who races fans at home games of the

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...

Sports teams

* Chicago Freeze, junior ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League (1997–2003) * Cleveland Freeze, American professional indoor soccer team (2013–2014) *

Erie Freeze The Erie Freeze was an American indoor football team based in Erie, Pennsylvania. They were an original member of the American Indoor Football League in 2005, and advanced to the first AIFL Championship Game. When the league was reorganized into ...

, American indoor football team (2005–2007) *

Fargo Freeze Fargodome is an indoor athletic stadium in the north central United States, located on the campus of North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo, North Dakota. Opened in late 1992, the facility is owned by the City of Fargo and built on unive ...

, professional indoor American football team (2000) *

Flintshire Freeze Flintshire Freeze were a Welsh ice hockey team that play in the English National Ice Hockey League, north division. They played their games at Deeside Leisure Centre, Flintshire. They won the North League championship in the 2003/2004 season. A ...

, Welsh ice hockey team (1998–2012) *

Fresno Freeze FC Fresno Freeze Futbol Club is an amateur women’s soccer team based in Fresno, California. History Fresno Freeze FC is an American professional soccer team based in Fresno, California. The team was founded in 2014 and played its inaugural se ...

, American soccer team in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), founded in 2014 *

Minnesota Freeze The Minnesota Freeze is a United States Australian Football League (USAFL) club, based in Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 2005. The club has both men's and women's teams. It has won the USAFL National Championships The USAFL Natio ...

, United States Australian Football League (USAFL) team, founded in 2005

Places

Freeze, Idaho Freeze is an unincorporated community in Latah County, in the U.S. state of Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States b ...

, a community in Latah County, Idaho * Freeze Fork, West Virginia, a community in Logan County, West Virginia * Freeze Out, California, a historical name for

Ione, California Ione ( ) is a city in Amador County, California. The population was 7,918 at the 2010 census, up from 7,129 in 2000. Once known as " Bed-Bug" and "Freeze Out," Ione was an important supply center on the main road to the Mother Lode and Southern ...

Structures

* Freeze Building, a historic building in San Angelo, Texas *

Mr. Freeze (roller coaster) Mr. Freeze is a launched shuttle roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, with another installation known as Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri. The steel coasters feature a linear ...

, a shuttle roller coaster in Texas and Missouri

Art, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups

* Freeez, 1980s UK dance music and jazz funk group from London *

The Freeze ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

, a punk rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 *

The Freeze (Scottish band) The Freeze was an Edinburgh punk band that lasted from 1976–1981. Wanting to do something darker and noisier, Gordon Sharp and David Clancy took ideas from The Freeze to a greater extreme; the result was the formation of Cindytalk in 1982. ...

, a punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active 1976–1981

Albums

* ''Freeze'' (album), the tenth studio album by Herman Brood & His Wild Romance * ''Freeze!'' (EP), the second external play by Momoland

Songs

* "Freeze" (Bloodline song) * "Freeze" (Jordin Sparks song) * "Freeze" (Kygo song), 2022 * "Freeze" (LL Cool J song), 2006 * "Freeze" (Momoland song), 2017 * "Freeze" (Queen Elvis song) * "Freeze" (T-Pain song) * "Freeze" (Todd Smith song) *"The Freeze", solo debut by Albert Collins, 1958 *"Freeze", Part IV of "

Fear Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear ...

" by Rush *"Freeze", a song by Pepper from the album ''

Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations ''Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations'' is the fifth studio album from Pepper released on July 22, 2008. The title is taken from a fictional album recorded by "Coconut Pete" in the Broken Lizard film ''Club Dread''. The album is produced by Paul ...

'' * "The Freeze" (Spandau Ballet song) * "The Freeze" by Lene Lovich from the album ''

Flex Flex or FLEX may refer to: Computing * Flex (language), developed by Alan Kay * FLEX (operating system), a single-tasking operating system for the Motorola 6800 * FlexOS, an operating system developed by Digital Research * FLEX (protocol), a comm ...

'' * "Freeze", by Take That from ''

III III or iii may refer to: Companies * Information International, Inc., a computer technology company * Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a library-software company * 3i, formerly Investors in Industry, a British investment company Other uses * Ins ...

'' * "Freeze", by

Bladee Benjamin Reichwald (born 9 April 1994), known professionally as Bladee (), is a Sweden, Swedish rapper, singer, record producer, designer and member of the artistic collective Drain Gang. Reichwald has released music through the Stockholm record ...

from ''Gluee''

Other art, entertainment, and media

*'' Freeze!'', a puzzle video game released in 2012 *

Freeze (art exhibition) ''Freeze'' is the title of an art exhibition that took place in July 1988 in an empty London Port Authority building (the old fire station) at Surrey Docks in London Docklands.

, a 1988 art show held by various UK artists in London Docklands * ''Freeze'' (TV series), a 2006 South Korean miniseries *

Freez FM Freez FM is a Dutch commercial regional radio station which broadcasts nonstop pop and rock music, interspersed with regional news. History 2000s: First run Freez FM was founded in 2000, when it broadcast on 96.6 FM in North Friesland, 96.0 FM in ...

, a Dutch pop and rock music radio station