freezing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːzɪŋ

Adjective

freezing (comparative more freezing, superlative most freezing)

1. (literally) Suffering or causing frost
2. (by extension, chiefly hyperbolic) Very cold

Synonyms

• (literally): frosty, frigorific
• (very cold): ice-cold, icy

Translations

frosty — see frosty

very cold

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷死了 (lěng sǐ le)

• Dutch: ijskoud (nl), ijzig (nl)
• French: polaire (fr)
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• Latin: gelidus
• Maori: mātaratara
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• Russian: ледяно́й (ru) (ledjanój), моро́зный (ru) (moróznyj), холо́дный как лёд (xolódnyj kak ljod)
• Spanish: helado (es), glacial (es)
• Sundanese: cambewek, cecep
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Noun

freezing (countable and uncountable, plural freezings)

1. (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
   • 1829, James Macauley, The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New York:

     Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings. The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, while the latter contract and harden it.

2. (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Synonyms

• frost

Related terms

• freeze-dry
• freezer

Translations

the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling

• Bulgarian: замръзване (bg) n (zamrǎzvane)
• Dutch: bevriezing (nl) f
• French: solidification (fr) f
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• Greek: πήξη (el) f (píxi)
• Turkish: donma (tr)

the action of numbing with anesthetics

• Dutch: verdoving (nl)
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• French: anesthésie (fr) f

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• French: ^{(please verify)} congélation (fr)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} congelación (es) f

Verb

freezing

1. present participle of freeze

Derived terms

• freezing point