freeze vs seal

freeze

verb
  • To prevent from showing any visible change. 

  • To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize. 

  • 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. 

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. 

seal

verb
  • To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something). 

  • To place a seal on (a document). 

  • To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. 

  • To guarantee. 

  • To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage. 

  • To close securely to prevent leakage. 

  • To place in a sealed container. 

  • To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls. 

  • To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality. 

  • To form a sacred commitment. 

  • To hunt seals. 

  • To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment. 

  • To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc. 

  • To close by means of a seal. 

  • To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices. 

noun
  • An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing. 

  • A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus. 

  • Anything that secures or authenticates. 

  • A tight closure, secure against leakage. 

  • Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design. 

  • A chakra. 

  • A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role. 

  • Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this. 

  • A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. 

  • Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint. 

  • A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal. 

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