freeze up (English, verb)
expansion: freeze up (third-person singular simple present freezes up, present participle freezing up, simple past froze up, past participle frozen up)
Senses:
glosses: To be adversely affected by ice, and not function.
glosses: (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: (of people and other animals) To stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: To become cold and formal in demeanour.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: freezes up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: freezing up
tags: participle
present
form: froze up
tags: past
form: frozen up
tags: participle
past