English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "vries" is om styf, styf of solied te word of te laat word as gevolg van uiterste koue of gebrek aan hitte. Dit kan ook beteken om te stop of gestop te word om te beweeg of te werk, dikwels skielik en onverwags, of om gevoelloos te word of nie in staat te wees om te beweeg nie as gevolg van vrees of skok. Daarbenewens kan die woord verwys na die handeling om iets te bewaar deur dit aan baie lae temperature te onderwerp, soos om kos te vries om dit vars te hou. Laastens kan "vries" ook informeel gebruik word om iets reg te maak of in plek te hou, soos om 'n prys of 'n situasie te vries.

Sentence Examples

  1. Her journey to the underworld had been for naught, and now there was nothing she could freeze in unseen chains.
  2. The ground covered with snow, and the atmosphere in that unsettled state between frost and thaw, which is of all others the most unfriendly for exercise, every morning beginning in rain or snow, and every evening setting in to freeze, she was for many days a most honourable prisoner.
  3. A slight vibration under her feet caused her to freeze.
  4. Just in time, Sintian had used water magic to freeze the statue into a rather large, ugly icicle.
  5. Amazingly, the fighting continued, though muted, and behind, I could hear another sound, one that made my blood freeze.
  6. If he dwelled on the infinite possibilities of where Molly was, he would freeze to death, zoned out in anger.
  7. Evan managed to fitfully conjure the water element and freeze the walking corpse where it stood.
  8. She was probably around thirty-five or so, with her dark hair clipped to chin-length and an expression on her face that could freeze water.
  9. Something hit his sitting room window, making them both freeze.
  10. With some satisfaction, he watched the woodfolk freeze with shock.