1. noun /ˈfriːz/
In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily.
b) 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.
The reason I said the guard wasnt the toughest shot in curling is because, in my book, thats a shot called the freeze. A stone thrown as a freeze comes perfectly to rest directly in front of another stone, without moving it (see Figure 10-5).
2. verb /ˈfriːz/
Ever thicker, thicker, thicker / Froze the ice on lake and river,
b) To lower somethings temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
He got to Dawson before the river froze, and now I suppose I wont hear any more until spring.
See Also: frost
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