Real Dictionary

freeze
verb: If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures.
verb: If something such as a pipe or machine freezes, it becomes blocked or stiff with ice or frozen liquid.
verb: If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point. You can also talk about how well food freezes.

freeze in American English
to be formed into ice; be hardened or solidified by cold
intransitive verb: to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat
transitive verb: to harden into ice; change from a fluid to a solid form by loss of heat; congeal

freeze in British English
noun: the act of freezing or state of being frozen
verb: to change (a liquid) into a solid as a result of a reduction in temperature, or (of a liquid) to solidify in this way, esp to convert or be converted into ice

freeze in Hospitality
verb: If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point.