Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.

   {To freeze out}, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold
      treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of
      one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor.
      [Colloq.]

            A railroad which had a London connection must not be
            allowed to freeze out one that had no such
            connection.                           --A. T.
                                                  Hadley.

            It is sometimes a long time before a player who is
            frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F.
                                                  Foster.
Freiherr \Frei"herr`\, n.; pl. {Freiherrn}. [G., lit., free
   lord.]
   In Germany and Austria, a baron.

Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.
   1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to
      a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.

   2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat;
      to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

            A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That
            almost freezes up the heat of life.   --Shak.

Freeze \Freeze\, n.
   The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.
   [Colloq.]

Freeze \Freeze\, n. (Arch.)
   A frieze. [Obs.]

Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san;
   akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw.
   frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L.
   prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal,
   pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18.
   Cf. {Frost}.]
   1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
      to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
      hardened into ice or a like solid body.

   Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
         thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.

   2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
      loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
      freezes in the veins.

   {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
      [Colloq.]

Source : WordNet®

freeze
     n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
          a solid [syn: {freezing}]
     2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: {frost}]
     3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
        movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
        [syn: {halt}]
     4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
        freeze on hiring"
     [also: {frozen}, {froze}]

freeze
     v 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: {boil}]
     2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
        car he froze" [syn: {stop dead}]
     3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the
        air conditioning is turned on"
     4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
     5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
        "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: {suspend}]
     6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
        Kalamazoo"
     7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
        32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: {freeze out}, {freeze down}]
     8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
        "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: {block},
         {immobilize}, {immobilise}] [ant: {unblock}, {unblock}]
     9: anesthetize by cold
     10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
         her ex-husband"
     [also: {frozen}, {froze}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

freeze
     
        To lock an evolving software distribution or document against
        changes so it can be released with some hope of stability.
        Carries the strong implication that the item in question will
        "unfreeze" at some future date.
     
        There are more specific constructions on this term.  A
        "feature freeze", for example, locks out modifications
        intended to introduce new features but still allows bugfixes
        and completion of existing features; a "code freeze" connotes
        no more changes at all.  At {Sun Microsystems} and elsewhere,
        one may also hear references to "code slush" - that is, an
        almost-but-not-quite frozen state.
     
        [{Jargon File}]