freeze vs root someone to the spot

freeze

noun
  • 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 period of intensely cold weather. 

  • A halt of a regular operation. 

  • The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs. 

verb
  • 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. 

root someone to the spot

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