A short period during which temperatures are much lower than usual.
Coordinate term: dry spell
A period of poor performance.
A period of intensely cold weather.
A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
A halt of a regular operation.
The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
To prevent from showing any visible change.
Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
(of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
To cause someone to become motionless.
To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
To be affected by extreme cold.
(of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.