freezing
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/ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.“The lake froze solid.”
- To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.“Don't freeze meat twice.”
- To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.“It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.”
- To be affected by extreme cold.“Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!”
noun
- The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
- The action of numbing with anesthetics.
adjective
- Suffering or causing frost
- (by extension) Very cold
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Synonyms
solidifyhaltimmobilizefreeze upgrind to a halthanglock upseizeseize upfrostfrigorificfrostyice-coldicygelidfrigidcoldglacial