adj
Meaning 1
Suffering or causing frost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally
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Standard Lemma guide
freezing
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adj
Meaning 2
Very cold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, excessive
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adj
Meaning 3
The freezing point of water, zero degrees celsius.
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adj
Meaning 4
Aloof, unfriendly.
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noun
Meaning 5
The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The temp in the mountains may/can fall below freezing at this time of year.
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noun
Meaning 6
The action of numbing with anesthetics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of freeze
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 8
the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freeze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction, phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
Narrower terms: freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation, frost, icing
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 冷死了 (lěng sǐ le) — very cold
- Dutch: ijskoud — very cold
- Dutch: ijzig — very cold
- Esperanto: frosta — very cold
- Esperanto: malvarmega — very cold
- Finnish: jäätävä — very cold
- Finnish: hyinen — very cold
- French: polaire — very cold
- German: frostig — very cold
- German: affenkalt — very cold
- German: saukalt — very cold
- German: arschkalt — very cold
- Hindi: अतिशीतल (atiśītal) — very cold
- Ingrian: jääkäs — very cold
- Latin: gelidus — very cold
- Māori: mātaratara — very cold
- Māori: mākinakina — very cold
- Polish: lodowaty — very cold
- Russian: ледяно́й (ledjanój) — very cold
- Russian: моро́зный (moróznyj) — very cold
- Russian: холо́дный как лёд (xolódnyj kak ljod) — very cold
- Spanish: helado — very cold
- Spanish: arrecido — very cold
- Sundanese: cambewek — very cold
- Sundanese: cecep — very cold
- Azerbaijani: donma — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Basque: solidotze — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Bulgarian: замръзване (zamrǎzvane) — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Dutch: bevriezing — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- French: solidification — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- German: Erstarren — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- German: Gefrieren — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Greek: πήξη (píxi) — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Hungarian: fagyás — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Romanian: solidificare — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Swedish: frysning — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Swedish: stelning — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Turkish: donma — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Ottoman Turkish: طوك (doñ) — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Ottoman Turkish: انجماد (incimad) — the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling
- Dutch: verdoving — the action of numbing with anesthetics
- French: anesthésie — the action of numbing with anesthetics
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